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>I wonder if an Asteroid passing < 1LD is basically always a hit. The distance earth to moon is approx 4 x 10^8 m. If an asteroid is 10^2m across, there are an
by hermitcrab 2y ago
>I wonder if an Asteroid passing < 1LD is basically always a hit.
The distance earth to moon is approx 4 x 10^8 m. If an asteroid is 10^2m across, there are an awful lot of orbits that will go between the two and not hit the earth.
- gus_massa 2y agoI agree. Here is an image with the Earth, Moon, and orbit distance to escale. https://tomroelandts.com/articles/earth-moon-system-to-scale https://tomroelandts.com/articles/earth-moon-system-to-scale