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Asteroid to pass by Earth
May 17 , 2022
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- A giant 1,600 feet asteroid passed by the Earth on May 15.
- Asteroid 388945 (2008 TZ3) made a close approach to our planet on May 16.
- This was passing the Earth from a distance of about 2.5 million miles away.
- However, this is not the first time that Asteroid 388945 will be visiting us.
- It passed very close to Earth in May 2020- at a distance of 1.7 million miles.
- As per the scientists, the space rock routinely passes the Earth in every two years, while orbiting the sun.
- The next time it will come close will be in May 2024.
- But it will be much farther - 6.9 miles away.
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