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Small asteroid 2026 UE2 to pass closer than the Moon
Original: SPACE MOSQUITOES 🦟 44/2026 🟢 RECENT CLOSEST BUZZ (Past 7 Days) - Object: 2026 UE2 - Date & Time (UTC): 2026-Oct-29 01:26
Asteroid trackers are flagging object 2026 UE2, estimated at 3-6 metres across, which will pass Earth on 29 October 2026 at around 01:26 UTC at a distance of roughly 123,737 kilometres, about a third of the way to the Moon, travelling at 7.7 km/s. Attention is also turning to 2021 VC4, an object expected to make its own close approach within the following week.
Why now: Close asteroid flybys routinely draw attention from space watchers tracking near-Earth object alerts.
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