No, an Asteroid Will Not Threaten Earth on Christmas Eve

Wednesday, December 23, 2015 - 15:31 in Astronomy & Space

At its closest approach, asteroid 2003 SD220 will be about 6.6 million miles from Earth — about 27 times farther than the moon is from Earth.

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