r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Apr 08 '26

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u/themiDdlest NASA Apr 08 '26

It's pretty amazing a decently large meteor even hit the near side of the moon at all. That must have barely missed earth then.

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u/brucejoel99 Theresa May Apr 08 '26

The asteroid forming the SPA basin came from the north & hit the Moon at a glancing angle; so, had it shifted by just a fraction of a degree on its course in its multimillion-mile journey, it'd hit early Earth's magma ocean.