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amiralul
1043 days ago
Other source[1] says 0.0002 AU, still very close (about 40,000 km).
[1]:
https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/scout/object/ZTm0038
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lucb1e
1043 days ago
This, as I understand it, being the closest approach to our
orbit
, not our
atmosphere
or so. To put this in perspective, the Earth is some 6.4 Mm in radius, so that's 40-6.4 = 33.6 Mm above the surface.
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