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An airplane-size asteroid gives Earth a close shave today – Space.com
It poses no threat to our planet, though.
An asteroid the size of a jumbo jet will have a close encounter with Earth today (Sept. 1), zooming past our planet at about one-third the average distance to the moon.
Asteroid 2011 ES4 will make its closest approach today at 12:12 p.m. EDT (1612 GMT), according to NASA. At that time, it will be about 75,400 miles (121,000 kilometers) from Earth. Because the object’s orbit isn’t well known, it could pass even closer than that, at a distance of just 45,400 miles (73,000 km), NASA added.
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