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Shardikprime@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Deme@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Usually when there’s a headline, yes. But 545 million miles equals over 5.6 AU, which is a very large distance even in this context.

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  • GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I was going to say near misses are usually classified as passing withing the orbital distance of the moon, about 225k miles, or 250k miles for convenience.

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