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A tiny asteroid just snuck between the Earth and moon

A newly-discovered asteroid snuck safely between the Earth and moon during a very close encounter this week. On Monday (Feb. 12), an asteroid named 2024 CY1 traveled within 75,278 miles (121,148 kilometers) of Earth, which is about 31 percent of the average distance between the moon and Earth (238,855 miles; 384,400 km), also known as […]