An asteroid the size of the Golden Gate Bridge is zooming by Earth on the first full day of spring – CBS News

An asteroid similar in size to the Golden Gate Bridge will whip past Earth later this month — the largest and fastest asteroid to pass close to our planet this year.

But don’t worry, it won’t get too close.

The asteroid, officially known by NASA as 231937 (2001 FO32), is about 0.5 to 1 mile in diameter, making it larger than about 97% of asteroids but small compared to large asteroids, according to Space Reference. It has an orbit period of 810 days.

Source: An asteroid the size of the Golden Gate Bridge is zooming by Earth on the first full day of spring – CBS News

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