Cigar-shaped asteroid stronger than '15 atomic bombs' whizzes by earth

An asteroid as strong as 15 atomic bombs whizzed past earth last night at just ten times the distance of the moon.

Astronomers first spotted the cigar-shaped rock spinning through space on Monday evening and tracked it.

The star-gazers were baffled by why the asteroid 'blinked' at them until they realised that due to is long shape, the darkness came when it rotated slightly out of view.


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Sorry if this has already been posted but i couldn't find it anywhere.

A quick search brings up this

- Phoenix

reply to post by phoenix_zephyr


LOL,i wish they made it easier for threads to be found on a certain topic.

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I typed in "15 atomic bombs" in the search field of this and it comes up with several links on this topic

- Phoenix