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Two bus-sized asteroids will zip past Earth closely but safely this week, starting with a 7-meter-long space rock named 2024 JF that's expected to pass by on Monday evening.
Astronomers expect 2024 JF to make its closest approach at 8:04 p.m. ET tonight . It will be followed by the 10-meter-long An illustration showing two asteroids, 2024JR1 and 2024JD, as they make close approaches to Earth on May 7-8, 2024. The first space rock will be about 295,000 miles from our planet at its closest approach, according to estimates from. It tracks objects whose orbits bring them within 4.
Meanwhile, 2024 JR1 will approach at a closer distance, about 184,000 miles of our planet, just three days after being. At its closest distance to Earth, the space rock will be closer to our planet than the moon, which is on average at over 230,000 miles . The asteroid will be in the constellationTwo days after the above two space rocks zoom past Earth, another space rock named 2024 JD will approach our planet from roughly 172,741 miles , just a week after being.
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