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Tiny Asteroid Buzzes by Earth 0694 – the Closest Flyby on Record – Pattaya Mail

An SUV-size space rock flew past our planet last weekend and was detected by a NASA-funded asteroid survey as it departed. Near Earth Asteroids, or NEAs, pass by our home planet all the time. But an SUV-size asteroid set the record this past weekend for comin…

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This illustration shows asteroid 2020 QG’s trajectory bending during its close approach to Earth. The asteroid is the closest known nonimpacting asteroid ever detected. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
An SUV-size space rock flew past our planet last weekend and was detected by a NASA-funded asteroid survey as it departed.
Near Earth Asteroids, or NEAs, pass by our home planet all the time. But an SUV-size asteroid set the record this past weekend for coming closer to Earth than any other known NEA: …

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