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A huge asteroid and three small NEOs will shoot past Earth in early Jan, NASA warns – WION

NASA has warned that a monstrous 220-meter asteroid is headed Earth’s way early in the new year.

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NASA has warned that a monstrous 220-meter asteroid is headed Earths way early in the new year.
Year 2020s final asteroid, 2020 YB4, measuring just 36 metres in diameter or roughly half the wingspan of a 747,passed by the Earth shortly after 6 am UTC at a distance of 6.1 million kilometres.
Keeping up with the trend, in the first days of January, three additional, small Near Earth Objects (NEOs) will gracethe Earth with their presence. 
The 15-metre asteroid 2019 YB4 will fly by at a safe distance…

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