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Science wonders

NASA releases video of giant asteroid heading toward Earth

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From Slate, NASA has released a short video (above) of the 1,300-foot-wide asteroid that came within 202,000 miles of Earth this week.

The video was made using radar data obtained by NASA's Goldstone Solar System Radar. At the time, the asteroid, known as Asteroid 2005 YU55, was roughly 860,000 miles away from Earth.

Asteroid "2011 MD" barely misses contact with Earth (VIDEO):

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