It Was a Bird. It Was a Plane. Nope, It Was a "Near Miss" Asteroid

A newly discovered asteroid ignored social distancing guidelines with a pass close to Earth today.

NASA named the asteroid 2020 SW.

Scientists said the school-bus sized asteroid skimmed past Earth's surface with about 13,000 miles to spare.

That's considered so close that our gravity altered its speed and path. past Earth's surface with about 13,000 miles to spare.


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