Tag: non-impacting asteroid
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Truck-Size Asteroid Buzzes Earth
A newly discovered asteroid passed within 2000 miles from Earth’s surface on Sunday, August 16, 2020, then moved on into space. Asteroid ZTF0DxQ, now officially labeled 2020 QG, is truck-sized, or about 10 to 20 feet. It was moving at a speed of 7.7 miles per second or about 27,600 mph. The asteroid approached…