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Sep 22, 2020

NASA warns newly-spotted asteroid to pass by ‘closer than a weather satellite’

Posted by in categories: asteroid/comet impacts, existential risks

US space agency NASA has forecast a recently-spotted asteroid, 2020 SW, for a fly-by on Thursday. It will fly by at an agonising distance of around 17,000 miles – closer than a weather satellite.

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