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"At around 12.14 in the afternoon, it will come as close as 15 lunar distances, which is 15-times the distance from the Earth to the Moon (or about 3.7 million miles)."

15 L.D. How exciting. The one that passed by on Nov. 19 was at .03 Lunar Distance.

"NASA's Close Approach Data makes clear, we'll witness a total of 19 near-Earth objects before January 9th alone, meaning that it could be only a matter of time before our planet collides with another celestial body.

While true, only a few of them are even passing reasonably close to be of concern.

2018 WD 2018-Nov-24 4.5 LD 13.6 50
2009 WB105 2018-Nov-25 15.2 LD 18.9 71
2018 VT7 2018-Nov-25 8.2 LD 2.3 10
2008 WD14 2018-Nov-27 7.4 LD 9.3 93
2001 WO15 2018-Nov-28 13.6 LD 11.7 107
2018 VE4 2018-Nov-30 15 LD 4.8 30
2018 WN 2018-Dec-01 14.9 LD 4.4 17
2018 TG6 2018-Dec-02 3.9 LD 1.4 13
2013 VX4 2018-Dec-09 4.1 LD 6.6 65