Minimum Orbit Intersection Distance News Today

An asteroid is expected to past Earth today. The giant rock, called 2024 DW, is anticipated to come as close as 140,000 miles away from the planet, which is closer than the Moon.

Discovered early this year, Comet C/2023 H2 Lemmon may approach naked-eye brightness in mid-November as it nears Earth.

From "city killers" to "truck sized," asteroids come in a lot of sizes. But how often do the dangerous ones come close to our planet?

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