Giant Asteroid 3200 Phaethon Will Come ‘Close’ to Earth Next Month

Giant Asteroid 3200 Phaethon Will Come ‘Close’ to Earth Next Month
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According to astronomers, a three-mile-diameter object is making a “near” approach in December, passing within 6.4 million miles of Earth. That’s 27 times the distance from the Earth to the moon.

The object, asteroid 3200 Phaethon, at its closest on Dec. 16, is expected to come even closer in 2093—1.8 million miles.