NASA Says Asteroid Will Buzz Earth Closer Than Many Satellites

is only affected directly by the other object's mass, not by the object's own mass.

I am by no means any type of astrophysicist, but my understanding of gravity (in this context) was that a mutual attraction usually happens.
Maybe that would account for the change in trajectory?
Or am I misinterpreting something here?

I agree that will not change things significantly, but only on a measurable or calculable scale.:-)

BTW, I am not singling you out here, but what volume is a football field (or half of a football field in TFS), or even better, what mass?

I realise you were just going with the flo

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