Asteroid will buzz, miss Earth — unlike meteor

Friday, February 15, 2013 - 12:00 in Astronomy & Space

A 150-foot asteroid hurtled toward Earth's backyard, destined Friday to make the closest known flyby for a rock of its size. In a chilling coincidence, a meteor exploded above Russia's Ural Mountains just hours before the asteroid was due to zoom past the planet.

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