Bus-Size Asteroid Gives Earth Super-Close Shave Today, Second in 2 Days

Thursday, March 6, 2014 - 08:00 in Astronomy & Space

The 33-foot-wide (10 meters) near-Earth asteroid 2014 EC will come within 34,550 miles (55,600 kilometers) of Earth's surface this evening (March 6). You can watch the flyby here at Space.com beginning at 2:30 p.m. EST.

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