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June 25, 2011 ·
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Large asteroid to narrowly miss Earth
By T.K. RandallJune 25, 2011 ·
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An asteroid the size of an office block will narrowly pass us by on Monday, say astronomers.
The massive rock will pass 23 times closer than the distance to the moon at around 11,000 miles and be close enough for astronomers to view with a modest telescope. While it doesn't pose a threat, worryingly the object was only discovered on Wednesday by a robotic telescope in New Mexico designed to pick up asteroids - if it had been a lot larger and on a collision course with the Earth then it would have been far too late to do anything about it.The space rock will reach within 11,000 miles of the surface and give off a light bright enough to be seen through a small telescope, experts said today. It was only spotted on Wednesday by a robotic telescope in New Mexico that scans the skies for such hazards. An alert was then put out yesterday by the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center in Massachusetts.
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