An asteroid the size of three football fields whizzed past the Earth on Monday night. It was about two millions miles from Earth so there was no danger. The footage, nonetheless, was impressive.
A close flying asteroid traveling within 17,000 miles of Earth is on its way out.
The massive rock was the length of half a football field and in the same area as some of the world's orbiting TV and weather satellites.
Gay Yee Hill, from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, described the moment the asteroid scooted by...
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