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An asteroid similar in size to the Golden Gate Bridge will whip past our planet this weekend — the largest and fastest asteroid to pass by Earth this year. But don't worry, it won't get too ...

Astronomers estimate that an asteroid this large comes this close to Earth only about once every 7,500 years. It also appears ...

The newfound asteroid 2021 PH27 completes one lap around our star every 113 Earth days. That's the shortest orbital period of any known solar system object except the planet Mercury.

An asteroid up to three times larger than a blue whale will zoom past Earth on Monday (June 6) at more than 16,000 mph (26,000 km/h), according to NASA. The asteroid, named 2021 GT2, is predicted ...

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The asteroid 2021 SM3 is considered part of the Apollo asteroid group. These are asteroids with an orbit that is wider than that of Earth that cross the path of our planet as it loops around the sun.

Asteroid 2021 EQ3 was detected by the Mt. Lemmon Survey and reported by the NASA-funded Minor Planet Center on March 11. NASA states its first observations of the asteroid were on March 10.

Asteroid 2021 KT2, which is about 23 feet, also passed on Tuesday, as did 2018 LB, which is about 70 feet. They came within 181,000 miles and 694,000 miles of Earth, respectively.

The newfound asteroid 2021 PH27 completes one lap around our star every 113 Earth days. That's the shortest orbital period of any known solar system object except the planet Mercury.

The asteroid, named 2021 GT2, is predicted to safely miss our planet by more than 2.2 million miles (3.5 million kilometers) — or roughly 10 times the average distance between Earth and the moon.