On Oct. 2, asteroid 2019 SD8 passed at about 331,000 miles away. Researchers at the Catalina Sky Survey near Tucson, Arizona, found the 38-foot-wide rock, about the size of a city bus.

A “city-killer” asteroid whizzed by Earth on Thursday, startling astronomers who didn’t pick up the rock’s trajectory until days before it passed the planet, according to a report.

When Asteroid 2019 OK careened through our neighborhood on Thursday, it came within 45,000 miles of Earth. That’s close, cosmically speaking; the moon is nearly 240,000 miles away.

The asteroid 2019 OD passed the closest, flying closer to the Earth than the moon. It will cross Earth’s orbit within 222,164 miles of the surface. The moon is 238,900 miles away.

NASA confirmed that on July 25, Asteroid 2019 OK passed about 73,000 kilometers from Earth, roughly one-fifth the distance to the moon. (Cover Images/ AP) By Allyson Chiu.

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Three asteroids flew by Earth Wednesday, although none of them were considered to pose a threat, according to NASA. The asteroid 2019 OD passed the closest, flying closer to the Earth than the ...