Peat02 t1_jdo3zaz wrote on March 25, 2023 at 9:28 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 Wouldn't this be based on the volume of the lunar diameter sphere and the percentage that the earth makes up of that volume rather than the diameter? Permalink Parent 6
Peat02 t1_jdo3zaz 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
Wouldn't this be based on the volume of the lunar diameter sphere and the percentage that the earth makes up of that volume rather than the diameter?