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  • Enormous Asteroid Traveling at 72,000 mph Only Just Spotted Nearing Earth

    08/02/2022 10:22:53 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 50 replies
    newsweek.com ^ | 8/1/22 AT 12:51 PM EDT | ARISTOS GEORGIOU ON
    An asteroid ...is set to fly safely past Earth later this week after being discovered just a few days ago. The space rock, dubbed 2022 OE2, will make a close approach to our planet on Wednesday, figures from NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) database show. At 8:23 p.m. ET on that day, the asteroid is predicted to come within around 3.2 million miles of Earth in its own orbit around the sun. ...astronomers usually provide a range for size estimates, which in the case of 2022 OE2 is 170-380 meters (558-1,247 feet). According to the CNEOS figures,...