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What does "barely" noticed it mean?

• chownie 7y ago
  I think in this case it's referring to how early the asteroid was detected. Either it travelled so fast or our detection of asteroids is poor, because we only just detected it before it passed us.
  • ksaj 7y ago
    It was coming from the general direction of the sun. Nobody could see it until it got really close.