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| Plane-sized asteroid passed between Earth and the Moon on Tuesday, followed by THREE more | Plane-sized asteroid passed between Earth and the Moon on Tuesday, followed by THREE more |
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| Stargazers were on high alert as a plane-sized asteroid made an extremely close flyby of Earth overnight, but three more space rocks are due to graze the planet’s backyard before Tuesday is done. | Stargazers were on high alert as a plane-sized asteroid made an extremely close flyby of Earth overnight, but three more space rocks are due to graze the planet’s backyard before Tuesday is done. |
| Asteroid 2021 EQ3 shot past Earth at 12 kilometers per second or roughly 43,000kph at 9:45pm PT Monday night. | Asteroid 2021 EQ3 shot past Earth at 12 kilometers per second or roughly 43,000kph at 9:45pm PT Monday night. |
| About the same size as the Chelyabinsk meteor, which damaged more than 7,200 buildings in southwestern Russia in 2013, the 21-meter 2021 EQ3 passed the planet at a distance of 269,000km (for comparison, the distance between the Earth and the Moon is 384,400 km). | About the same size as the Chelyabinsk meteor, which damaged more than 7,200 buildings in southwestern Russia in 2013, the 21-meter 2021 EQ3 passed the planet at a distance of 269,000km (for comparison, the distance between the Earth and the Moon is 384,400 km). |
| Before March 16 is over however, amateur and professional astronomers alike can expect more space rock salutes. | Before March 16 is over however, amateur and professional astronomers alike can expect more space rock salutes. |
| The nine-meter (1.5 times the size of a giraffe) 2021 EJ3 will pass the planet at just 759,610km followed shortly after by the 16-meter (four times the length of a VW Beetle) 2021 EW3, at 2.4 million kilometers and the 34-meter (half the wingspan of a 747) 2021 DT, at just over seven million kilometers. | The nine-meter (1.5 times the size of a giraffe) 2021 EJ3 will pass the planet at just 759,610km followed shortly after by the 16-meter (four times the length of a VW Beetle) 2021 EW3, at 2.4 million kilometers and the 34-meter (half the wingspan of a 747) 2021 DT, at just over seven million kilometers. |
| This is but a mere prelude to the visit of the truly monstrous, Golden-Gate-Bridge-sized asteroid 2001 FO32, which will pass Earth on March 21. | This is but a mere prelude to the visit of the truly monstrous, Golden-Gate-Bridge-sized asteroid 2001 FO32, which will pass Earth on March 21. |
| UPDATE: The previous version erroneously stated that the asteroid passed the planet at a distance of “one-seventh of the distance between Earth and the Moon”. The text has been updated to reflect that the correct figure is seven-tenths of the distance between the Earth and the Moon. | UPDATE: The previous version erroneously stated that the asteroid passed the planet at a distance of “one-seventh of the distance between Earth and the Moon”. The text has been updated to reflect that the correct figure is seven-tenths of the distance between the Earth and the Moon. |
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