Astronomers catch 10-metre asteroid trying to sneak past Earth

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Asteroid 2013 LR6, a hunk of space rock roughly the size of your average garbage truck, made its closest approach to Earth at 12:42 a.m. EDT Saturday morning, coming within about 105,000 kms of the planet, which is roughly one-third the distance from ... See all stories on this topic »

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