Two asteroids sped toward Earth but just missed humanity's home planet by what amounts to a cosmic hair's breadth early Wednesday morning.

Source: http://xenuth.com/bl...this-wednesday/

 

It's the prove, that, we wre never safe....

I doubt most anyone would have noticed if they did hit earth (except if they read about it). We get hit by very small meteors all the time, most so small they burn up in atmosphere.

I am just wondering why this post is in the ethics section.

I am just wondering why this post is in the ethics section.

 

Indeed. Moved to science news.

 

Per the topic, meteorites that size might not even have reached the ground. Meteorites in the 5-10m range hit the Earth about once a year, and they just explode in the upper atmosphere. From the ground it might look like a distant lightning flash. They need to be a lot bigger to really cause damage.

They only just detected these the previous Sunday?? Crazy.

Thats pretty sweet. I am wondering as to what would happen say a 20m meteor hit our atmosphere? Would it make it to the grround or look like a flaming ball in the sky?

I bet Earth missed them more