Asteroid to Pass Extremely Close By Earth On Monday

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UPDATE for 5:35 p.m. ET: NASA has recalculated the time of closest approach for this event to be about 3 1/2 hours later than initially reported. The change is reflected below.

Here's something to dwell on as you head to work next week: A small asteroid the size of a tour bus will make an extremely close pass by the Earth on Monday, but it poses no threat to the planet

The asteroid will make its closest approach at 1:14 p.m. EDT (1714 GMT) on June 27 and will pass just over 7,500 miles (12,000 kilometers) above the Earth's surface, NASA officials say. At that particular moment, the asteroid — which scientists have named 2011 MD — will be sailing high off the coast of Antarctica, almost 2,000 miles (3,218 km) south-southwest of South Africa.

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The Earth is expected to come face-to-face with an asteroid today, but experts say it's nothing to be alarmed about.
The space rock, dubbed 2011 MD, will pass just 7,600 miles above the planet about 1 p.m., according to experts at NASA's Near-Earth Object Program.
They say it poses no threat.

"An orbital analysis indicates there is no chance it will actually strike [the] Earth," NASA said on its website.

The small asteroid measures only 33 feet long, scientists said, and will pass over the southern part of the Atlantic Ocean.

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I am sure there is a cult planning to kill themselves because of this event...

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