The latest in a series of “Whew! That was close!” asteroid sightings.
The object, designated 2004 FH, is roughly 30 meters (100 feet) in diameter and will pass just 43,000 km (26,500 miles, or about 3.4 Earth diameters) above the Earth’s surface on March 18th at 5:08 PM EST (2:08 PM PST, 22:08 UTC).
Apparently, the earth travels in the wake of some giant galactic sanding truck.
Even a little asteroid would cause a lot of planetary inconvenience – something you wouldn’t wish on your worst en..e…m … well…. there is a spot on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, and another just north of Baghdad, and …
Well, no. That would be unkind.
Besides, the Eiffel Tower is kinda cool.
There’s also a little spot in Ottawa… rebuilding the Parliament Building might just be the ticket for Canada.
Shawinigan came close to honorable mention status.