They calculated that, on its next visit, 2012TC4 could come uncomfortably close to Earth — perhaps within forty-two hundred miles, about the distance between London and Atlanta.
An asteroid will pass close to Earth Tuesday.
The rock, named 2014-YB35, will pass by relatively close to Earth.
For example, fast-traveling, bright objects are almost certainly very close to Earth.
Tells about other solar bodies that have come close to earth.
Right out of the blue, one day, a new planet appears really close to Earth.
Astronomers believe they have pinpointed all large asteroids whose orbits bring them close to Earth.
But also I needed to be away from the city, close to earth and close to nature".
A "potentially hazardous" asteroid the size of three football fields will come uncomfortably close to Earth early on Tuesday.
Based on the preliminary orbit calculation, 2013 TV135 could find itself close to Earth again in 2032.
The planet, therefore, is not only the closest to Earth ever discovered, it is just about as close to Earth as any exoplanet can be.
