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Anonymous Coward User ID: 74217706 United States 08/31/2017 08:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Asteroid 2012 TC4 Quoting: the Seer Giant asteroid to give Earth a very close shave [link to www.nbcnews.com (secure)] Near-Earth Asteroid 2012 TC4 extremely close encounter: online observations – 11 and 12 Oct. 2017 [link to www.virtualtelescope.eu (secure)] Asteroid Florence [link to www.jpl.nasa.gov (secure)] Asteroid Florence, a large near-Earth asteroid, will pass safely by Earth on Sept. 1, 2017, at a distance of about 4.4 million miles, (7.0 million kilometers, or about 18 Earth-Moon distances). Florence is among the largest near-Earth asteroids that are several miles in size; measurements from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and NEOWISE mission indicate it's about 2.7 miles (4.4 kilometers) in size And 2012 TCR is passing @ 1/8 moon distances |