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Small asteroid flies past Earth today NEO

Started by Carole, May 29, 2012, 08:33:37

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SMALL ASTEROID BUZZES EARTH: Newly-discovered asteroid 2012 KT42 is flying past Earth today (May 29th) only ~14,000 km above the planet's surface. This means 2012 KT42 will actually fly inside the Clark Belt of geosynchronous satellites.

http://spaceweather.com