Space rock buzzes Earth ... sort of

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"An asteroid of a similar size to a rock that exploded above Siberia in 1908 with the force of a thousand atomic bombs whizzed close past Earth on Monday, astronomers said on Tuesday."

Space rock gives Earth a close shave - Yahoo! News UK

"To give an idea of just how close a shave this was, consider this: 70,000 kilometers is just one fifth of the distance from the Earth to the moon, and only twice the distance at which geostationary telecommunications satellites orbit."

NEO swoops by Earth - Planetary News | The Planetary Society

Once again ... oops!