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2 small asteroids zip by Earth closer than the moon today – Space.com
Asteroids 2020 UX and 2020 TF6 will be closer than the moon, but pose no risk of impact.
Two small asteroids will fly by Earth today (Oct. 19) at a range that’s closer than the moon, a space rock double flyby that comes as NASA gears up for an asteroid encounter of its own.
The asteroids 2020 UX and 2020 TF6, both discovered in the last week, will be less than half the distance of Earth’s moon (when they pass by today, but pose little threat to our planet. The moon, on average, is about 239,000 miles (385,000 kilometers) from Earth.
Asteroid 2020 UX was first spotted by astronomer…
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