Newslink: An Asteroid the Size of a Jumbo Jet Just Buzzed Safely By Earth

in #newslink5 years ago

An asteroid as big as a jumbo jet made a close flyby of Earth today (March 4).

The space rock, named asteroid 2015 EG, posed no threat during the encounter as it passed by at a safe distance of about 274,400 miles (441,600 kilometers), or 1.1 times the average distance between Earth and the moon, at 4:03 p.m. EST (2103 GMT).

https://www.space.com/asteroid-2015-eg-earth-flyby-march-2019.html

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