Closest asteroid misses Earth - Xinhua

Closest asteroid misses Earth

English.news.cn | 2013-02-16 15:26:07 | Editor: Lu Hui

A 45 meter-wide asteroid has hurtled safely past after coming within 27,000 kilometers of Earth, making it the closest known flypast of a rock this size. (Source: chinanews.com)

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