US EditionAsteroid Passed Only 300 Kilometers Above Antarctica in Exceptionally Close Flyby
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An asteroid passed less than 300 km from the Earth's surface on October 1st. A rare event and all the more worrying since it could not be seen until a few hours before its arrival. It is not uncommon to see big sensationalist headlines referring to a threatening asteroid that would have "frozen" the Earth's surface.
Asteroid Passed Only 300 Kilometers Above Antarctica in Exceptionally Close Flyby
On October 1st, a small asteroid named C15KM95 passed by Earth at an altitude of just 300 kilometers, skimming over Antarctica in a flyby far closer than most near-Earth objects ever get. The event drew attention through a post on Reddit, where amateur astronomers flagged the unusually close approach. Despite measuring less than two meters in diameter and posing no direct threat to life on the ground, the asteroid’s trajectory brought it lower t…
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