Scientists Will Watch This Giant Asteroid Fly By Earth

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Thu, 01/18/2018 - 5:10am

On February 4, an asteroid called 2002 AJ129 is due to slip past Earth. It is between 1600 and 4000 feet across, according to NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies, but there’s no chance …...

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