March 23~Near Miss Day Traditional Geocache
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Near Miss Day When : Always March 23rd Near Miss Day commemorates
the day a huge Asteroid nearly missed hitting the earth. On March
23, 1989, an asteroid the size of a mountain, came within 500,000
miles of a collision with Earth. In interstellar terms, it was a
near miss. Had it collided with the Earth, it would have left a
devastating crater the size of Washington, D.C. It's affect on the
planet would have been catastrophic. Since then, there have been
other near misses. .....Whew!! Near misses with large, potentially
life threatening galactic objects happens on an infrequent basis.
It is believed a large asteroid collided with the earth and caused
the extinction of dinosaurs. Scientists believe it is only a matter
of time before another catastrophic collision with Earth. But,
don't worry. The odds are it will not happen for a long, long time.
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Other Asteroid Near Misses: 2003 SQ222 - Approximately 10 meters in
diameter, came within 54,700 miles of earth on September 27, 2003.
Asteroid 2002 EM7 - Approximately, 70 meters long, this rock came
within 288,000 miles in March, 2002.
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