ASTEROID FLYING BY EARTH HAS A MOON0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 8, 2019
Yesterday, Jan. 7th, near-Earth asteroid 2016 AZ8 flew past the Earth-Moon system only 2.8 million miles away.
Yesterday, Jan. 7th, near-Earth asteroid 2016 AZ8 flew past the Earth-Moon system only 2.8 million miles away.
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