Asteroids - Here's The Massive Asteroid That's Barely Going to Miss Earth

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By Adrian Chen Nov 8, 2011 3:27 PM

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Here’s The Massive Asteroid That’s Barely Going to Miss Earth

Here's The Massive Asteroid That's Barely Going to Miss Earth Here's the latest NASA picture of the aircraft carrier-sized Asteroid 2005 YU55—or, as we call it, Satan's Left Nut—which will pass about 200,000 miles away from Earth this afternoon. The last time an asteroid came this close was 1976.

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