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SUV-Size Asteroid Buzzes By Earth In Closest Flyby On Record
Near-Earth asteroids, or NEAs, pass by Earth all the time. But an SUV-size asteroid set the record this past weekend for coming closer to Earth than any other known NEA: It passed 2,950 km above the southern Indian Ocean on Sunday.
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House-Sized Asteroid to Buzz Earth on Sunday
A recently discovered asteroid about the size of a house will make a relatively close pass by Earth on Sunday, flying just past the communication satellites that circle the planet, scientists said.
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Giant asteroid to buzz past Earth in two weeks
A gigantic asteroid will fly past Earth at the end of this month, making its closest approach for at least the next two centuries.
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Asteroid will buzz, miss Earth, unlike meteor
A 150-foot asteroid hurtled toward Earth's backyard, destined on Friday to make the closest known flyby for a rock of its size. In a chilling coincidence, a meteor exploded above Russia's Ural Mountains just hours before the asteroid was due to zoom past the planet.
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Newly-found asteroid buzzes past Earth
A newly-discovered asteroid passed in close proximity to the earth on Tuesday, just 14,000 km above the planet's surface, but caused no damage to the orbiting communication satellites. The asteroid "2012 KT42," which entered the Clark Belt of geosynchronous satellites, passed by the earth at around 1230 hours, SN Raghunandan Kumar of Planetary Soci...
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SUV-Size Asteroid Buzzes By Earth In Closest Flyby On Record
Near-Earth asteroids, or NEAs, pass by Earth all the time. But an SUV-size asteroid set the record this past weekend for coming closer to Earth than any other known NEA: It passed 2,950 km above the southern Indian Ocean on Sunday.
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House-Sized Asteroid to Buzz Earth on Sunday
A recently discovered asteroid about the size of a house will make a relatively close pass by Earth on Sunday, flying just past the communication satellites that circle the planet, scientists said.
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Giant asteroid to buzz past Earth in two weeks
A gigantic asteroid will fly past Earth at the end of this month, making its closest approach for at least the next two centuries.
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Asteroid will buzz, miss Earth, unlike meteor
A 150-foot asteroid hurtled toward Earth's backyard, destined on Friday to make the closest known flyby for a rock of its size. In a chilling coincidence, a meteor exploded above Russia's Ural Mountains just hours before the asteroid was due to zoom past the planet.
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Newly-found asteroid buzzes past Earth
A newly-discovered asteroid passed in close proximity to the earth on Tuesday, just 14,000 km above the planet's surface, but caused no damage to the orbiting communication satellites. The asteroid "2012 KT42," which entered the Clark Belt of geosynchronous satellites, passed by the earth at around 1230 hours, SN Raghunandan Kumar of Planetary Soci...
