With Comet Leonard closing in on the Sun, Earth is set to be visited by last asteroid of 2021 on Wednesday. The 120-240 meter wide asteroid will flypast Earth in its orbit coming as close as 32,14,516 kilometer to the planet.29 Ara 2021
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The 230-feet-wide (70 meters) asteroid 2022 EA1 was discovered on Jan. 7 and frightened space defenders because it appeared bound to collide with our planet on July 4, 2023 — too soon to launch a deflection mission, according to a statement by the European Space Agency (ESA).
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