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Asteroid to fly close by Earth safely on 26th January

17 January 2015 Astronomy Now

On 26th January, asteroid 2004 BL86 will pass Earth just three lunar distances away. It will be the closest approach by any known space rock this large until asteroid 1999 AN10 flies past our planet in 2027.