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Jun 4, 2020

Stadium-sized asteroid heading near Earth this week

Posted by in categories: asteroid/comet impacts, existential risks

But it may be taller than the Empire State Building, which is 1,454 feet tall. The asteroid is estimated to be between 820 feet and 1,870 feet in diameter.

The asteroid was first spotted nearly two decades ago and is called 2002 NN4.

Seek and Destroy: How NASA Protects Us from Thousands of Asteroids.

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