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  • House-Size Asteroid Gives Earth a Close Shave Today

    10/12/2012 11:57:38 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 42 replies
    Yahoo! News ^ | 10/12/12 | Tarik Maliq - Space.com
    An asteroid the size of a house will buzz Earth today (Oct. 12) but poses no risk of hitting our planet, scientists say. The asteroid 2012 TC4 will pass Earth at a range of just 59,000 miles (95,000 kilometers) —about one-fourth the distance to the moon — when it makes its closest point today, NASA scientists said. The asteroid was discovered by astronomers on Oct. 4 and is about 56 feet (17 meters) across. "Small asteroid 2012 TC4 will safely pass Earth Oct 12 at just .25 the distance to our moon's orbit," scientists with NASA's Asteroid Watch program wrote...