The only major impact of a celestial object on the Earth recorded in modern history occurred about a quarter after seven on the morning of 30 June 1908, when witnesses observed a huge fireball almost as bright as the Sun plunging across the Siberian sky, terminating in a huge explosion that registered on seismic stations all across Eurasia.
that was close
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