Newslink: 'Lost' Asteroid 2010 WC9 Makes an Unusually Close Flyby of Earth

in #newslink7 years ago

A jumbo-jet-size asteroid gave Earth a close shave today (May 15), whizzing past our planet at a safe distance of 126,000 miles (203,000 kilometers) — or about half the distance between Earth and the moon.

https://www.space.com/40594-lost-asteroid-2010-wc9-earth-flyby.html