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Newly Discovered Asteroid to Fly by Earth – That’s Online
The asteroid is expected to safely fly by Earth at 8.08am CST on Friday, November 20.
An asteroid is expected to make a near-Earth pass next week, according to sources with the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, as cited by China Daily.
The asteroid was discovered by Chinese astronomers and spotted on November 6. Its expected to safely fly by Earth at 8.08am CST on Friday, November 20.
Zhao Haibin, an astronomer with the observatory, said the asteroid will come within 4.48 million kilometers from Earths surface. To put that in perspective, the moon is…
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