Nowbob t1_jdo9nhq wrote on March 25, 2023 at 10:12 PM Reply to comment by sithelephant in [NASA on Twitter] Newly-discovered asteroid 2023 DZ2 will pass Earth more than 100,000 miles (161,000 km) away–about half the distance to the Moon–making its close approach at 3:51 p.m. EDT (12:51 p.m. PDT) by ICumCoffee >a circle with the diameter of the lunar orbit is very close to 1/64th the radius of earth ??? What am I missing here? The lunar orbit is MUUUUUCH larger than the radius of the earth isn't it? Wouldn't the lunar orbit being 1/64 the radius of the earth mean that the moon is whizzing past just barely overhead? Permalink Parent 23
Nowbob t1_jdo9nhq wrote
Reply to comment by sithelephant in [NASA on Twitter] Newly-discovered asteroid 2023 DZ2 will pass Earth more than 100,000 miles (161,000 km) away–about half the distance to the Moon–making its close approach at 3:51 p.m. EDT (12:51 p.m. PDT) by ICumCoffee
>a circle with the diameter of the lunar orbit is very close to 1/64th the radius of earth
???
What am I missing here? The lunar orbit is MUUUUUCH larger than the radius of the earth isn't it?
Wouldn't the lunar orbit being 1/64 the radius of the earth mean that the moon is whizzing past just barely overhead?