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140-Foot Asteroid Makes Close Pass by Earth Overnight, NASA Says
NASA tracked asteroid 2007 EG, about 140 feet wide, passing 1,060,000 miles from Earth with no threat, part of monitoring over 41,000 near-Earth asteroids.
- On March 15, Asteroid 2007 EG passed Earth at about 1,060,000 miles, with astronomers worldwide recording the close flyby as it occurred, NASA reported.
- Because its path crosses Earth's orbit, 2007 EG is an Aten-group asteroid whose orbit produces periodic encounters cataloged by JPL, including multiple predicted close approaches.
- Astronomers estimate the rock measures about 140 feet across, comparable to a small airplane or school bus, moving at a speed roughly 17,379 miles per hour.
- NASA said the asteroid posed no immediate threat as astronomers monitored it, noting 2007 EG falls below potentially hazardous object criteria of 7.4 million kilometres and 85 metres.
- Scientists say observations yield chemical and compositional clues about early Solar System materials, helping astronomers refine orbits and support planetary defense programmes and Indian Space Research Organisation research.
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