Astronomers Just Detected an Asteroid That's Passing Extremely Close to Earth Today - ScienceAlert

A small asteroid the size of a bus will make an extremely close approach to Earth on Thursday (July 7), passing within just 56,000 miles (90,000 kilometers) – or about 23 percent of the average distance between Earth and the Moon. And just a few da

A small asteroid the size of a bus will make an extremely close approach to Earth on Thursday (July 7), passing within just 56,000 miles (90,000 kilometers) or about 23 percent of the average distanc… [+2464 chars]

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