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This is rather disturbing.
https://weather.com/science/space/news/2018-04-17-asteroid-massive-2018-ge3-nasa-flyby
At a Glance
A massive football field-sized asteroid made a close pass by Earth Sunday, a phenomenon that went unnoticed until the last minute.
- A football field-sized asteroid made a close shave with our home planet on April 15.
- It came within half the distance between the Earth and the moon.
- Researchers did not detect the space rock until just a few hours before it flew past.
With an estimated diameter of up to 361 feet, asteroid 2018 GE3 came within 119,500 miles of Earth, which is half the distance from our planet and the moon, EarthSky.org reports.
https://weather.com/science/space/news/2018-04-17-asteroid-massive-2018-ge3-nasa-flyby