Happy Near Miss Day!
Did you know that today is Near Miss day? Why do we celebrate this holiday? That's a good question. On March 23, 1989 the earth was almost hit by an asteroid the size of a mountain! "The asteroid came within 500,000 miles of hitting the earth." If we were hit by this asteroid it would have left an enormous crater the size of Washington, D.C. WHEW, were we lucky!! But don't worry kids this doesn't happen very often and there is a European Space Agency (ESA) that is constantly trying to figure out how to avoid an asteroid.
Click on the link below to read more about asteroids or to learn about astronomy!!!
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/asteroid.htm
Did you know that today is Near Miss day? Why do we celebrate this holiday? That's a good question. On March 23, 1989 the earth was almost hit by an asteroid the size of a mountain! "The asteroid came within 500,000 miles of hitting the earth." If we were hit by this asteroid it would have left an enormous crater the size of Washington, D.C. WHEW, were we lucky!! But don't worry kids this doesn't happen very often and there is a European Space Agency (ESA) that is constantly trying to figure out how to avoid an asteroid.
Click on the link below to read more about asteroids or to learn about astronomy!!!
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/asteroid.htm
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