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'Very quickly, very nearby': Jumbo asteroid has close shave with Earth
Published time: 10 Jan, 2017 09:46
An asteroid between 11 to 34 meters across (36 to 111ft), roughly the
size of 10 jumbo African elephants, made a remarkably close approach to Earth
on Monday morning, passing by at a distance only half that of the Moon.
According to the Slooh Observatory, the space rock, dubbed 2017 AG13,
was moving at about 10 miles per second, making it hard to spot with a
telescope.
“This is moving very quickly, very nearby to
us,” Eric
Edelman, an astronomer with Slooh, said during a live broadcast of the surprise
flyby at 7:47am ET on January 9.
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