Scientists just detected a bus-sized asteroid that will fly extremely close to Earth tonight

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A small asteroid the size of a bus will make an extremely close approach

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to Earth on Thursday (July 7), passing within just 56,000 miles (90,000 kilometers)

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— or about 23% of the average distance between Earth and the moon.

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And just a few days ago, no one knew it was comingThe asteroid, named 2022

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NF, is expected to pass safely by our planet, according to calculations

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by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California

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Astronomers discovered the sneaky asteroid using data from the Panoramic

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Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) — a system

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of cameras and telescopes based in Hawaii with the primary goal of detecting

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Scientists just detected a bus-sized asteroid that will fly extremely close to Earth tonight

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A small asteroid the size of a bus will make an extremely close approach

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to Earth on Thursday (July 7), passing within just 56,000 miles (90,000 kilometers)

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— or about 23% of the average distance between Earth and the moon.

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And just a few days ago, no one knew it was comingThe asteroid, named 2022

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NF, is expected to pass safely by our planet, according to calculations

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by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California

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Astronomers discovered the sneaky asteroid using data from the Panoramic

credit : social media

Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) — a system

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of cameras and telescopes based in Hawaii with the primary goal of detecting

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