An asteroid, more than a mile wide, flew past Earth in a “close approach”
The asteroid came within 3.9 million miles of the planet at 5:56 a.m. EDT, according to The Independent.
NASA noted: “While this is known as a ‘close approach’ by astronomers, it’s still very far away.” CNN reported the 1.2 mile wide object was moving at 19,461 miles per hour.
“We can say with confidence that this asteroid poses no possibility of impact for at least the next 200 years,” NASA said.
“While it is big, it is still smaller than the asteroid that impacted the Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs.”
Source: Newsmax
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