Bus-Sized Asteroid Buzzes Earth Closer Than Moon | Video

Thursday, March 30, 2017 - 14:21 in Astronomy & Space

A roughly 26-foot (8 meter) asteroid named 2017 FJ101 came within 202,000 miles (~325,087 km) of Earth on Mar. 30, 2017. It was first observed on March 25, 2017.

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