A huge asteroid with an old-fashioned name is passing by Earth today, but don't worry. It means us no harm, I promise you.
The asteroid known as Florence — named for Florence Nightingale, of course — is about 2.7 miles wide and will zip past Earth by about 4.4 million miles during its flyby on Friday.
Florence is also quite a record-breaker.
"While many known asteroids have passed by closer to Earth than Florence will on September 1, all of those were estimated to be smaller," said Paul Chodas, manager of NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies, which tracks asteroids, said in a statement. Read more...
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