Huge asteroid the size of a city block hurtles past Earth
The chunk of space rock - dubbed 2012 LZ1 - is up to 700metres wide and passed our planet at 2am GMT. It was 3.35million miles away, roughly 14 times the distance between Earth and the moon. full story
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reuters.com (3 months and 6 days ago)
Huge asteroid whizzes past Earth
March 10 - A newly discovered asteroid the size of a football field passed Earth on Saturday (March 9), at a distance about 2.5 times the space between Earth and the Moon. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
reuters.com (2 months and 14 days ago)
Earth gets a rush of weekend asteroid visitors
An asteroid as big as a city block shot relatively close by the Earth on Saturday, the latest in a series of visiting celestial objects including an asteroid the size of a bus that exploded over Russia last month, injuring 1,500.
yahoo.com (2 months and 14 days ago)
Close call? Kind of, as asteroid hurtles past Earth
Giant asteroid's close encounter was 17,100 miles from Earth.
usatoday.com (3 months and 5 days ago)
Huge asteroid to fly by Earth next week but won't hit, NASA says
An asteroid half the size of a football field will zip past Earth next week.
denverpost.com (3 months and 13 days ago)
Earth gets a rush of weekend asteroid visitors
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., March 9 - An asteroid as big as a city block shot relatively close by the Earth on Saturday, the latest in a series of visiting celestial objects including an asteroid the size of a bus that exploded over Russia last month, injuring 1,500.
chicagotribune.com (2 months and 14 days ago)
Earth gets a rush of weekend asteroid visitors
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., March 9 - An asteroid as big as a city block shot relatively close by the Earth on Saturday, the latest in a series of visiting celestial objects including an asteroid the size of a bus that exploded over Russia last month, injuring 1,500.
reuters.com (2 months and 14 days ago)
Huge asteroid buzzes, misses Earth
A 150-foot asteroid came withing 17,150 miles of the Earth on Friday, the closest known flyby of a rock of its size. Scientists say the flight of the asteroid was "completely unrelated" to a meteor that exploded above Russia just hours before.
oregonlive.com (3 months and 5 days ago)
Asteroid whizzes safely past Earth
An asteroid the size of an Olympic swimming pool has raced past Earth at a distance of 27,700 kilometres - the closest ever fly-by for such a large object.
abc.net.au (3 months and 5 days ago)
UCF to host asteroid viewing party and you're invited
An asteroid the size of half a city block will be zooming past Earth's surface on Friday and UCF is inviting the public to its viewing party.
orlandosentinel.com (3 months and 5 days ago)
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