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The asteroid 2023 NT1 travelling at an estimated 86,000 km/h speed, entered a 60,000-mile radius of the planet – about 1/4 the moon s distance to Earth, Nasa said.
Astronomers at the Atlas Observatory in South Africa first spotted 2023 NT1 on July 15, two days after making its closest approach to Earth. The asteroid entered.