News: Asteroid near miss on January 29th

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On January 29, an asteroid measuring 150 metres by 600 metres will pass within 537,000 kilometres of earth at 3:33 am Eastern time. Those of you with a backyard telescope should be able to catch a glimpse if you look along the path shown here. The next time an asteroid this size makes this close an approach will be 2027 so you'd better hope for good weather.