Newslink: Huge asteroid misses Earth but spotlights threat posed by space rocks

in #newslink6 years ago

An asteroid bigger than the Eiffel Tower hurtled past Earth early on Saturday at a speed of 10,400 miles per hour, missing us by 4.6 million miles — not quite a close shave, but not so far in astronomical terms.

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/huge-asteroid-misses-earth-spotlights-threat-posed-space-rocks-ncna1040406

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