IOL: Earth avoids disaster as asteroid comes as close as moon

IOL: Earth avoids disaster as asteroid comes as close as moon: "The Earth had a near miss early today when a giant asteroid hurtled past almost as close as the Moon.

The space rock, named 2004 XP14, was travelling at 11 miles per second as it made its nearest approach to the planet at about 5.30am Irish time."

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Boys & Girls,
This was a planet killer, the real news though is that in 30 years there will be one we'll be able to see with the naked eye. Of course I did have a big weekend, just in case it had been the last one...
The Big Blue Marble is safe for now.