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Asteroid 2014 UV115 passes Earth at safe distance
Original: ☄️ Asteroid Alert: (2014 UV115) is passing Earth today at 18,533,516 km. Max diameter: 169.8m. # NASA # Asteroid # Plane
The near-Earth asteroid 2014 UV115 is passing Earth today at a distance of roughly 18.5 million kilometres, according to tracking data shared with NASA hashtags. The object is estimated at up to 169.8 metres across, placing it in the category of mid-sized space rocks monitored under planetary defence programmes. There is no indication of any risk, but alerts of this kind circulate widely because large asteroid flybys attract attention.
Why now: Automated asteroid-tracking alerts draw interest whenever a sizable near-Earth object passes the planet.
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- ☄️ Asteroid Alert: (2014 UV115) is passing Earth today at 18,533,516 km. Max diameter: 169.8m. # NASA # Asteroid # PlanetaryDefense · earthlog@mastodon.world · 2
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