Asteroid 2012 KA to buzz Earth on May 17
Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 06:30
in Astronomy & Space
On the heels of a bus-sized asteroid that passed harmlessly between Earth and the orbit of the Moon on May 13, another asteroid between 4.5 and 10 meters (14-33 feet) wide will buzz by at about the same distance on May 17, 2012.
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