The close approa­ch of the latest one to Earth came on Friday at a distan­ce of about 64,000 kmLOS ANGELES: Two small asteroids are safely passing by Earth within one lunar distance this week, said a press release from the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The latest one, discovered by the NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) near Tucson, Arizona on February 4, is designated Asteroid 2018 CB. Its close approach to Earth came on Friday at around 2:30 pm PST (2230 GMT) at a distance of about 64,000 km, which is less than one-fifth the distance of Earth to the Moon. NASA album launched into space and meant for aliens to be released for publicKnown as asteroid 2018 CC, another asteroid also passed closely by Earth on Tuesday at 12:10 pm. “Asteroids of this size do not often approach this close to our planet maybe only once or twice a year.”Read full story

Source: The Express Tribune February 10, 2018 13:07 UTC