Giant Asteroid to Shave Earth’s Orbit Next Month: Here’s Why NASA Labels It ‘Potentially Hazardous’0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 29, 2017
3200 Phaethon is an asteroid measuring about 3 miles across that roams our galaxy, passing in and out of planetary orbits on its journey. Next month, 3200 Phaethon will zoom by at 6.2 million miles from Earth, which, in space terms, is nearly too close for comfort.
