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Newly Discovered Sneaky Little Asteroid Flew by Earth Wednesday
The asteroid came closer than the moon, but still zipped safely by our planet.

By Amanda Kooser | Freelance Tech Writer

CNET.COM - April 15, 2020 | NASA is tracking around 20,000 near-Earth asteroids, and that number grows all the time thanks to space rocks like 2020 GH2, a newly discovered asteroid that cruised by our planet early in the morning Pacific time on Wednesday.

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This NASA graphic depicts the orbits of the Earth, the moon and the asteroid 2020 GH2 during its Earth flyby on April 15, 2020. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)

The International Astronomical Union issued a Minor Planet Electronic Circular on Saturday confirming the asteroid's discovery.

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