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Martin Frey wrote:
Simon Capstick wrote: Closest approach is currently estimated at 0.0003431 AU. It could be as little as 8 Earth radii. The following page has a nice summary: Astronmers - they just can't cope with small numbers, can they? Finally given a measurement that would be easily (and best) expressed in miles or kms, they go for 100 thousandths of an AU. They could have gone for 0.00000000166 parsecs ![]() Tim -- This is not my signature. |
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