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  • Near-miss Asteroid 2020 QL2 as big as football pitch to fly past Earth on Monday

    09/11/2020 10:20:58 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 10 replies
    birminghammail.co.uk ^ | 05:30, 12 SEP 2020 | Dvid Bentley
    Among recent 'near-Earth objects' it's one of the biggest but won't be as terrifying close as the rock that flew past less than 2,000 miles from us in August An asteroid the size of a football pitch is to whizz past planet Earth on Monday, September 14. The giant chunk of rock, named Asteroid 2020 QL2, is up to 120 metres in diameter. It's among the 'near Earth objects' being documented and observed by astronomers. NASA's Centre for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) says QL2 will fly past at a speed of nearly 24,000 mph and come within a distance of...