190-foot asteroid to fly past Earth closely today; NASA reveals speed, size and more
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With the help of its advanced ground and space-based telescopes, NASA has discovered thousands of asteroids to date, including a potentially life-threatening asteroid called Bennu which has a 1/2700 chance of impacting Earth between 2175 and 2195. Moreover, the space agency has also recently shed light on an asteroid that is expected to pass Earth as soon as today, December 4! This space rock has been designated as Asteroid 2013 VX4. Know all the details about this close encounter with the asteroid.Asteroid 2013 VX4: Close approach detailsAs per the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), an asteroid, given the designation of Asteroid 2013 VX4, is on its way toward Earth and is predicted to pass Earth by a close margin of 1.9 million kilometers. This near-Earth space rock i...