10 Scariest Asteroid Attacks on Earth: The Near Hits and Approaching Terrors

I did a search and did not find this. So I decided to post it so people can see how close we have really been to one hitting home.

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1) The Comet of 1491. This one must've scared the hell out of some folks. At a little less than four times the distance to the moon, this was the closest pass ever recorded at the time, and no one knows for sure how big it was. Little did our ancestors know how much more interesting things would get.

If it had been posted and I could not find it please link other thread.

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Three weeks later, FU 162 came whizzing along. Astronomers basically discovered it at bascially the same time as the 6-meter in diameter rock soared just 6,400 kilometers above Earth's surface.

My new favorite comet name!!

Originally posted by superman2012
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Three weeks later, FU 162 came whizzing along. Astronomers basically discovered it at bascially the same time as the 6-meter in diameter rock soared just 6,400 kilometers above Earth's surface.

My new favorite comet name!!

OMG I never caught that. hahaha I love it.