A Nearly Mile-Wide Asteroid With Its Own Moon Hurtles Past Earth This Weekend
Binary asteroid system 1999 KW4 poses no threat of collision with our planet, scientists say. HUFFPOST.COM An asteroid that’s nearly a mile wide and has its own moon is set to zip by Earth during the weekend. Together, the two space rocks are known as a binary asteroid system, meaning two asteroids that orbit each other. The binary asteroid, called 1999 KW4 by NASA, will be around 3 million miles away from Earth at its closest point around 7:05 p.m. ET on Saturday, NBC News reports. Although some outlets have…
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