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The largest asteroid flyby of the year is almost here: How to watch – CNET

It’s flying by closer than the moon and could be the size of a building.

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Asteroid 2021 EQ3 will pass closer than the moon.
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A particularly big asteroid will pass by Earth particularly close on Monday night, and the encounter will be streamed live online. The flyby will be completely safe and poses no risk to anything or anyone on Earth or any of our satellites. But asteroid 2021 EQ3 will come closer to Earth than our lone natural satellite.
Sky surveys and other telescopes spot a space rock passing closer than the moon every few days, on average. Most…

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