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Nasa: Small asteroid closest seen passing Earth – Bangkok Post
WASHINGTON: An asteroid the size of an SUV passed 2,950 kilometres above Earth, the closest asteroid ever observed passing by our planet, Nasa said on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON: An asteroid the size of an SUV passed 2,950 kilometres above Earth, the closest asteroid ever observed passing by our planet, Nasa said on Tuesday.
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.
The asteroid, which was about three to six meters long, passed above…
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