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GW4 Asteroid, The Size Of A Car, Came Exceptionally Close To Earth & A Few Satellites
A piece of celestial debris, named as GW4 Asteroid, descended exceptionally close to Earth at nine times the speed of a rifle bullet. Read on.
GW4 Asteroid came exceptionally close to Earth (Image Source: Shutterstock)
Earlier this week, a newly discovered asteroid the size of a car passed exceptionally close to Earth. Now named the 2021 GW4 asteroid, it flew about 16,300 miles away from Earth, which is less than one-tenth the distance between the moon and our planet. But according to NASA, the asteroid was too small a size to survive being too close inside Earth s atmosphere.