James
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A closely tracked asteroid, about 150-feet (45-meters) wide, whizzed safely past Earth on Friday, the same day a much smaller, previously undetected meteor hit Russia, injuring nearly 1,000 people.
Live images from a telescope at the Gingin Observatory in western Australia showed the asteroid looking like a white streak, moving across against a backdrop of black sky.
Astronomers said the object's speed and proximity made it a challenge to track, because telescopes had to...read more here: Asteroid whizzed safely past Earth