Asteroid '20 times closer than the Moon' just misses Earth

NASA announced that an asteroid crossed 20 times closer to the Earth than the moon last week.

The 10-foot asteroid flashed across the sky at just 9,000 miles over the planet on March 2.

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The asteroid, which has since been designated 2017 EA, was closest to the Earth at 9:04 a.m. above the Pacific Ocean.

NASA says astronomers only detected the asteroid just 6 hours before it passed.

The good news is that NASA believes the object will not pass Earth for at least 100 more years.


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