Second asteroid in a week to pass close to Earth on Friday

Friday, 9 February 2018 (3 hours ago)
Second asteroid in a week to pass close to Earth on Friday

(Reuters) - A recently discovered asteroid was due to zip within 39,000 thousand miles (64,000 km) of Earth on Friday, marking the second space rock to pass within the orbit of the moon this week, according to NASA scientists.

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