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Asteroid Worth Dozens of Atomic Bombs Passed Near Earth - Nasa Responded

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An asteroid called 2007 EG, estimated to be about 140 feet across (about 43 meters, a size equivalent to 5 to 20 megatons of TNT, like several dozen Hiroshima bombs), passed near Earth this week in what is being described as a "close pass" but is completely safe. According to NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), the closest approach occurred at 2:25 a.m. UTC, when the object passed within about 1,060,000 miles (1.7 million kilometers). Not …
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An asteroid called 2007 EG, estimated to be about 140 feet across (about 43 meters, a size equivalent to 5 to 20 megatons of TNT, like several dozen Hiroshima bombs), passed near Earth this week in what is being described as a "close pass" but is completely safe. According to NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), the closest approach occurred at 2:25 a.m. UTC, when the object passed within about 1,060,000 miles (1.7 million kilometers). Not …

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kikar.co.il broke the news in on Wednesday, March 18, 2026.
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