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Astronomers Detect Asteroid Passing at Close Distance above Earth – Asharq Al-awsat – English
A three to six meter-long asteroid passed 2,950 kilometers above Earth on Sunday, the closest asteroid ever observed passing by our planet, NASA said.
If it had been on a collision course with Earth, the asteroid named “2020 QG” would likely not have
A three to six meter-long asteroid passed 2,950 kilometers above Earth on Sunday, the closest asteroid ever observed passing by our planet, NASA said.
If it had been on a collision course with Earth, the asteroid named “2020 QG” would likely not have caused any damage, instead disintegrating in the atmosphere, creating a fireball in the sky, or a meteor, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) said in a statement.
According to AFP, the asteroid, passed above the southern Indian Ocean on Sunday …
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