Giant Asteroid That Looks Like ‘Wearing a Face Mask’ to Fly Past Earth on April 29

Giant Asteroid That Looks Like ‘Wearing a Face Mask’ to Fly Past Earth on April 29
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Scientists at a Puerto Rican observatory are following an asteroid due to fly past Earth in a day’s time amid the global pandemic. In pictures, the asteroid looks like it is wearing a face mask, the researchers said.

Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory announced their discovery on Facebook in the afternoon of April 19, 2020.