A Moment of Science
As a meteor passes into Earth's atmosphere it experiences tremendous air resistance on its front end, but very little on its back end.
In 1987 an asteroid measuring a half a mile in diameter came by, missing our planet by a measly six orbital hours. Learn more on this Moment of Science.
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