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If the Chelyabinsk asteroid had hit the moon, what size crater would it have created?
If the Chelyabinsk asteroid had hit the moon, what size crater would it have created? https://asteroidday-uploads.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/30061107/moon-craters-cropped.jpg 1200 628 Asteroid Day Asteroid Day https://asteroidday-uploads.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/30061107/moon-craters-cropped.jpg

QUESTION FROM KARIM If this same [Chelyabinsk] asteroid had hit the moon, what size crater would it have created? ANSWER BY MARK BOSLOUGH (ADXP) Great question! Using our best estimate…

Is it possible not to see an asteroid?
Is it possible not to see an asteroid? https://asteroidday-uploads.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/30061116/spooky-asteroid.jpg 1200 628 Asteroid Day Asteroid Day https://asteroidday-uploads.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/30061116/spooky-asteroid.jpg

QUESTION FROM ATANAS Hello, My name is Atanas Kostovski, I’m 18 years old, and I’m from Skopje, Macedonia. I study computer engineering, but I love astronomy. My question is related…

Chelyabinsk Meteor
Chelyabinsk Meteor https://asteroidday-uploads.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/30061044/Chelyabinsk-meteor-1.jpg 1200 628 Asteroid Day Asteroid Day https://asteroidday-uploads.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/30061044/Chelyabinsk-meteor-1.jpg

QUESTION FROM JOHN WHITEHEAD It is stated that the initial mass of this meteor was of the order of 10000 tons when it first entered the earths atmosphere, and that…

“Fireball” spotted over Brazil
“Fireball” spotted over Brazil https://asteroidday-uploads.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/30061053/fireball-brazil-thumb.jpg 1200 628 Asteroid Day Asteroid Day https://asteroidday-uploads.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/30061053/fireball-brazil-thumb.jpg

QUESTION FROM ALEXANDRE “I read recent press release regarding Frequency of Small Asteroid Impacts Map available at (click here to open the link). One dot called my attention: that located at coordinates latitude…

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