NASA alert! Car-sized asteroid set to buzz Earth; Will get closer than Moon today
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NASA has identified a small asteroid that has been named as Asteroid 2023 HB, and it is on its way for an unusually close encounter with Earth today. Surprisingly, NASA has only recently discovered this asteroid, with the detection occurring on April 16, 2023, just a day before its anticipated flyby close to Earth. According to NASA's asteroid tracking data, Asteroid 2023 HB has a size of approximately 9.4-foot in size and is a member of the Apollo group of asteroids, which are named after the first asteroid of this kind, 1862 Apollo.NASA's CNEOS detected that the asteroid is making its journey at a fiery speed of 44087 km per hour. This asteroid makes one orbit around the Sun in 1501 days, the-sky.org data suggested. "At this time, the asteroid moves away from the Sun at a maxim...