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Friday, May 6, 2011

YU55 asteroid hurtling towards Earth but scientists say it will just miss us | Mail Online

YU55 asteroid hurtling towards Earth but scientists say it will just miss us | Mail Online: "A massive asteroid will fly within the moon's orbit narrowly missing Earth later this year.

The space rock, called YU55, will hurtle past our planet at a distance of just 201,700 miles during its closest approach on November 8.

That is closer to Earth than the moon, which orbits 238,857miles away on average.
With a width of some 400metres and weighing 55million tons, YU55 will be the largest object to ever approach Earth so close."

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