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A huge Asteroid called "52768 (1998 OR2)" approachedour planet early Wednesday in a relatively close fly-by thatposed no threat to life on Earth. This is the closest approach to earth passinga distance of 0.42 AU i.e. 62,90,364 km.
That's roughly 16 times the distance between ourplanet and the moon. According to reports, this is the closest for thisasteroid can get to earth in the next 59 years.