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Hes extremely concerned about the issues behind the demonstrations but like jackson, he is keeping a close eye on the methods. Im proud of people rising up but im not proud that they destroying the city because of it. Reporter what do you think they should do . Peaceful protests. Dont destroy things. Dont loot peoples very hard earned businesses. Reporter with the City Council Meeting here canceled for tonight, its not clear what if any demonstrations there will be. City leaders hope whatever it...

The asteroid, called 2024 DW, is expected to come as close as 140,000 miles to our planet on Thursday - even closer than the moon.

The asteroid, called 2024 DW, is expected to come as close as 140,000 miles to our planet on Thursday - even closer than the moon.

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The asteroid, called 2013 WV44, is expected to come as close as 0.02334 astronomical units, or around 2.1 million miles, to Earth, at 09:07 BST on Wednesday.

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The asteroid, called 2022 RM4, is expected to come as close as 0.01536 astronomical units, or around 1.4 million miles, to Earth, at 18:26 GMT on Tuesday.

There are 30,039 near-Earth asteroids that are known to science - and the number is rapidly rising, says the European Space Agency from its Paris HQ.

Asteroid 2015 FF has a diameter of up to 92 feet - meaning it could be the average size of a blue whale (90 feet) or almost three times as long as a London bus.

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