3 Huge Asteroids to Make ‘Close Approach’ With Earth in Coming Days

3 Huge Asteroids to Make ‘Close Approach’ With Earth in Coming Days
An artist's work shows an asteroid near Earth. NASA
Katabella Roberts
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Three huge asteroids will be approaching Earth from June 6, according to NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) which is tracking the asteroid’s trajectory.

The first of the large asteroids that will breach the Minimum Orbit Intersection Distance (MOID) of 0.05 AU (4.6 million miles) is asteroid 163348, also known as 2002 NN4. At between 820 to 1,870 feet in diameter, it is larger than the Empire State Building and around the length of a large sports stadium.

Katabella Roberts
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Katabella Roberts is a news writer for The Epoch Times, focusing primarily on the United States, world, and business news.
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