Motherfuckers with their clickbait headlines. 4.3 million miles aqway is not "near earth", damnit. The was only 45,000 miles away. That's really close. If a distance from earth looks like an odometer reading, its close.
Motherfuckers with their clickbait headlines. 4.3 million miles aqway is not "near earth", damnit. The [one that passed earth last week](https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614027/a-huge-asteroid-flew-very-close-to-earth-last-week-how-did-we-miss-it/) was only 45,000 miles away. That's really close. If a distance from earth looks like an odometer reading, its close.
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