Giant asteroid to fly-by Earth today

By : Chukwuma Muanya, Assistant Editor (Head Insight Team, Science & Technology)

Date: 24 December 2015 5:59am WAT

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Giant asteroid...the asteroid 163899, also known as 2003 SD220, will pass by Earth at a harmless distance of 6.7 million miles- that is about 28 times as far as the moon. It is a big asteroid, estimated to be between 0.5 and 1.5 miles wide, and it is zooming around at about 5 miles per second. PHOTO: google.com/search

Giant asteroid...the asteroid 163899, also known as 2003 SD220, will pass by Earth at a harmless distance of 6.7 million miles- that is about 28 times as far as the moon. It is a big asteroid, estimated to be between 0.5 and 1.5 miles wide, and it is zooming around at about 5 miles per second. PHOTO: google.com/search

Giant asteroid...the asteroid 163899, also known as 2003 SD220, will pass by Earth at a harmless distance of 6.7 million miles- that is about 28 times as far as the moon. It is a big asteroid, estimated to be between 0.5 and 1.5 miles wide, and it is zooming around at about 5 miles per second. PHOTO: google.com/search
Giant asteroid…the asteroid 163899, also known as 2003 SD220, will pass by Earth at a harmless distance of 6.7 million miles- that is about 28 times as far as the moon. It is a big asteroid, estimated to be between 0.5 and 1.5 miles wide, and it is zooming around at about 5 miles per second. PHOTO: google.com/search
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