Surprise! Big asteroid that flew by Earth larger than thought
A massive asteroid that zipped by Earth last week is actually twice as large as scientists originally thought, new radar images of the behemoth space rock reveal.Asteroid 2012 LZ1 sailed within 3.3 million miles (5.3 million kilometers) of Earth at its closest approach on June 14. full story
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Video: Watch: Asteroid's close encounter with Earth
NASA released both amateur and professional video of asteroid DA14 as it flew less than 17,200 miles from Earth.
cbsnews.com (3 months and 4 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 13 days ago)
150-foot asteroid to make near-Earth flyby today
A fugitive from the asteroid belt will drop by Earth for a close flyby Friday – so near the planet that it will pass inside the orbits of some satellites. The asteroid, smallish as asteroids go, is thought to be about 150 feet wide and will be...
ocregister.com (3 months and 4 days ago)
Asteroid nine times larger than the QE2 set to fly past Earth later this month
Luckily, after Earth's near-miss with Asteroid 2012 DA14, this space rock will get no closer than 3.6 million miles - 15 times the distance between our planet and the moon
mirror.co.uk (2 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 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.
reuters.com (2 months and 13 days ago)
Asteroid nine times larger than the QE2 set to whizz past earth ¿just 3.6million miles away¿
The asteroid, which has been named 1998 QE2, is due to sail past the Earth at 9.59pm UK time on May 31.
dailymail.co.uk (3 days ago)
Asteroid 9 times larger than the QE2 set to whizz past Earth
The asteroid, which has been named 1998 QE2, is due to sail past the Earth at 9.59pm UK time on May 31.
dailymail.co.uk (2 days ago)
Big asteroid to zoom by earth this weekend
Researchers say the newly found asteroid, which is the size of a football field, presents no danger of hitting earth
cbsnews.com (2 months and 16 days ago)
Asteroid nine times the size of QE2 to sail past Earth
An asteroid nine times larger than the mammoth ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) is due to sail past the earth later this month. Luckily, the giant space rock will get no closer than 5.8 million km, or 15 times the distance between the earth and the moon.
indiatimes.com (1 day ago)
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