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NASA records ‘closest approach’ by asteroid

By Jenny Goldsberry
Published January 27, 2023 1:42am ET
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NASA records ‘closest approach’ by asteroid
This orbital diagram from CNEOS’s close approach viewer shows 2023 BU’s trajectory – in red – during its close approach with Earth on Jan. 26, 2023. The asteroid will pass about 10 times closer to Earth than the orbit of geosynchronous satellites, shown in green line. | NASA/JPL-Caltech


An asteroid the size of a firetruck had a record-setting close encounter with Earth on Thursday.

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