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A newly discovered asteroid, 2026 JH2, will safely pass Earth at about 90,000 km away — roughly a quarter of the Earth-Moon distance. The bus-sized space rock poses no threat but offers astronomers a rare chance to study a close flyby
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A newly discovered asteroid, 2026 JH2, will safely pass Earth at about 90,000 km away — roughly a quarter of the Earth-Moon distance. The bus-sized space rock poses no threat but offers astronomers a rare chance to study a close flyby


A newly discovered asteroid, 2026 JH2, will safely pass Earth at about 90,000 km away — roughly a quarter of the Earth-Moon distance. The bus-sized space rock poses no threat but offers astronomers a rare chance to study a close flyby

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  2. unheardhc on

    I mean, does a 1/4 of the distance between us and the moon not concern people for how flipping close that is given the vastness of space??

  3. rejemy1017 on

    I appreciate that the title of this article is so anti-clickbait. Usually “asteroid comes close to Earth” headlines are much more scare-mongery. I shall now click the article to give them incentive to continue with this style of headline!