FREE newsletter is packed with the best (and weirdest) stories from around the world Scientists at the European Space Agency have discovered a new asteroid it says is headed for Earth and could leave a mile-wide crater if it hits us.
On Friday, July 10, the asteroid, named 2020 MO1, passed at a very safe distance of 0.10260 astronomical units, which is about 9.5 million miles away.But top scientists believe there is a chance the asteroid could hit Earth when its orbit brings it back our way in 2059.According to the data collected by the ESA, 2020 MO1 has an estimated diameter of almost 230 feet, which is larger than The Leaning Tower of Pisa.
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