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Building-sized asteroid goes unnoticed till 2 days after its DANGEROUSLY close pass by Earth

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Building-sized asteroid goes unnoticed till 2 days after its DANGEROUSLY close pass by Earth

[ad_1] Shockingly, researchers and astronomers have all missed an asteroid that passed our planet from a dangerously close distance, and could have struck it too, if things went the other way! The incident is eerily reminiscent of 2013 when a huge asteroid shattered windows in Chelyabinsk, Russia. According to a report, asteroid 2023 NT1 was first spotted two days after it made its closest approach to Earth on July 13. This asteroid must be three times bigger than the asteroid in 2013.Sky surveys and scientists discovered the space rock's existence after it had already passed us, leaving it in our rearview mirror. The asteroid's direction was hard to judge due to its direction from Earth just like the Chelyabinsk bolide. About Asteroid 2023 NT1The space rock was found by the Asteroid Te...

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