[JimRed]

In fact, the asteroid’s closest approach to Earth was estimated to be at a distance of 3.7 Lunar Distances (LD) – i.e. almost four times the distance between the Earth and the Moon.

That's what, about a million miles away? Much ado about very little.

[BenLurkin]

If you miss the train I’m on, you will know that I am gone
You can hear the whistle blow a one million miles,
One million miles, one million miles, one million miles, one million miles,
You can hear the whistle blow one million miles.