An asteroid traveling at 66,174 miles an hour came close to Earth yesterday just hours after it was noticed. Soon after it was noticed, it skimmed past Earth, getting within 119,500 miles of our planet. Asteroid 2018 GE3 was closest to Earth around 2:41am EST on Sunday. An asteroid called 2018 GE3 swept past earth Sunday getting within 119,500 miles of it at 2:41am EST. It was detected on Saturday evening just hours before it came closest to earthSpaceX engineer Andrew Rader tweeted about asteroid 2018 GE3 on Sunday eveningIS 2018 GE3 DANGEROUS?

Source: Daily Mail April 16, 2018 16:50 UTC