{"id":1222,"date":"2013-03-19T05:25:54","date_gmt":"2013-03-19T05:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1222"},"modified":"2021-10-01T16:29:32","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T20:29:32","slug":"comparing-two-famous-near-earth-asteroids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1222","title":{"rendered":"Comparing two famous near earth asteroids"},"content":{"rendered":"

The B612 Foundation<\/a> points to an illustration by space artist Michael Carroll<\/a> that gets across the scale of the meteoroid that blew up over Chelyabinsk, Russia on February 15th and the asteroid 2012 DA14<\/a> that passed near earth later that same day: So how big are these NEOs anyway? – B612 Foundation<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nAsteroid 2012 DA14 (on left) vs the Chelyabinsk meteoroid vs a US football stadium.
\nIllustration by Michael Carroll<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The B612 Foundation points to an illustration by space artist Michael Carroll that gets across the scale of the meteoroid that blew up over Chelyabinsk, Russia on February 15th and the asteroid 2012 DA14 that passed near earth later that same day: So how big are these NEOs anyway? – B612 Foundation [] Asteroid 2012 … Continue reading Comparing two famous near earth asteroids<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,20,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-space-arts","category-space-science"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-jI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":663,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=663","url_meta":{"origin":1222,"position":0},"title":"Update on the Russian meteor fireball event","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 16, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are some more articles and resources about the meteor event over Russia today: Spaceweather.com\u00a0 - Feb.15.13 Meteor Infographic Chelyabinsk: What, Exactly, Just Happened? - PJ Media Russian Fireball Is Biggest Meteor Blast in 100 Years - Space.com Satellite watches from space as meteor explodes - NBC News Nuclear-like in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Astronomy"","block_context":{"text":"Astronomy","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=12"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/KOPjfrkLslI\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":651,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=651","url_meta":{"origin":1222,"position":1},"title":"Large scale meteor shower over Russia causes injuries and ground damage","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 15, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"A dramatic meteor shower took place over the Urals area of Russia today with large fireballs\u00a0 and smoke tails seen in the sky and loud explosions heard. 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