TMS 2427: Exit Teeth
The Morning Stream
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The City Asteroids Nearest Approach to Earth
The asteroids nearest approach to Earth happened on February 3rd when it came within 1.1 million miles of our planet. It's about 1600 feet long, 500 feet wide and was observed by the Goldstone solar power system radar at the Deep Space Network Facility between January 29th and the 4th of February. They said this is the most elongated one they've seen. We've never seen an asteroid that's quite so long.
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