Mile Wide Potentially Hazardous Asteroid To Whizz Past Earth Tonight. Asteroid 1997 BQ — First Identified
Mile wide potentially hazardous asteroid to whizz past Earth tonight. Asteroid 1997 BQ — first identified in January of 1997, is hurtling towards us at an approximate speed of 13.3 km per second and will "closely approach" our planet on the evening of 21st May 2020. According to NASA estimates it will be a safe flyby with the asteroid passing within 3.8 miles of Earth, that's about 16 times the distance between Earth and the Moon.
Source: NASA
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