NASA finds new Empire State Building-sized asteroid; to make closest approach on Mar 24 - Republic World

Bigger than the Empire state building, the space rock dubbed 2013 BO76 has a diameter of 450 metres and would swing by from a distance of 51,11,759 km.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has warned that another potentially hazardous asteroid is hurtling towards the Earth and will make its closest approach on March 24. Bigger than the Empire stat… [+1912 chars]

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