A large near-Earth asteroid will safely pass by our planet on Wednesday morning, providing astronomers with an exceptional opportunity to study the 1.5-mile-wide (2-kilometer-wide) object in great detail.
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Source:
https://phys.org/news/2020-04-asteroid-or2-safely-earth-week.html