Mile-wide asteroid set to pass within 3.9m miles of Earth
by PA Media from Science | The Guardian on (#52SXS)
Rock known as (52768) 1998 OR2 will pass by on Wednesday but 'poses no danger to planet'
An asteroid more than a mile wide will pass by Earth on Wednesday while travelling at a speed of about 19,000 miles (30,578km) an hour.
The space rock, known as (52768) 1998 OR2, is expected to make its closest approach at 10.56am BST, when it will be just 3.9m miles (6.3m km) away - about 16 times the distance between the Earth and the Moon.
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