An Asteroid Came Uncomfortably Close to Earth in July. Could we Have Stopped it? - Universe Today
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On July 15th, 2023, astronomers discovered an asteroid 43 meters across, two days before it passed within a quarter of the distance from the Earth to the Moon. If it had struck the Earth, it would have impacted with 1.5 megatonnes of energy and caused signifi…