19-04-2017 23:57 via baltimore.cbslocal.com

Asteroid Will Make A Close Pass By Earth Tonight

BALTIMORE (WJZ) —It’s the size of 20 city blocks and moving faster than a bullet.
Right now, it’s passing close to Earth.
“It’s going to come by within a million miles,” says Dr. James Garvin, of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
That’s a long way by our standards, but in the cosmic scheme of things “the rock” is a near-Earth encounter.
“It’s extremely close and that’s why these kind of encounters are so special because
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