The hours just before a much larger asteroid slid by earth so closely. There are communication satellites that are actually farther away in that asteroid. In the museum here in d. C. , she has worked with meteorites over the past few years and specializes in these big rocks. How come we didnt see the one in russia coming . We knew about the one 17,000 miles away, but this other one caught us all by surprise. Yes, it really did. It was a good surprise to people like me that study meteorites. Actually it was about 15 meters in diameter. And that also mattered. Yes, if it is a bright object, it is much easier for us to see than if it was something here. This is one that had passes by about 17,000 miles away, coming straight at us. Would we have an ability to turn that thing aside . Thats a great question as i know that everybody would like an answer to this. It depends on how much notice we get about an object coming towards us. There is a good chance to send something up there, putting i