New algorithm spots its first "potentially hazardous" near-Earth asteroid — and it's 600 feet long
New algorithm spots its first "potentially hazardous" near-Earth asteroid — and it's 600 feet long::The algorithm will eventually be used at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, a survey telescope being built in Chile.
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So I have I have to get up for work Monday
Pretty much. Gotta pay those bills too.
Darn it. It could at least have had the decency to hit my landlord.
I hate clickbait. I hate we're all going to die clickbait.
Well, we will, though.
You’ll be shocked when you find out when on page 3, though!
Well you're going to die some day. Does that make you feel better?
That's about 200 meters for anyone who doesn't use feet.
I walk on my hands.
does anybody take their hands off to walk? I find it annoying to reattach them later
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To give an idea of size, 200m is about twice the length that you run in a 100m sprint.
Hmm, need banana for scale.
I need it in Bald Eagles to really understand
Fucking do it.