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Large asteroid will safely pass EarthA large space rock will safely pass our planet on April 15, 2024, and it’s even big enough to see using a small telescope. The asteroid is named 2013 NK4. It has a diameter of 2,000 feet (610 meters). That makes it about twice as large as Apophis, the so-called Doomsday Asteroid that will pass closer than Earth’s artificial satellites in 2029. But 2013 NK4 will pass at a much farther distance, at more than 8 times the distance from Earth to the moon. And here’s something cool: People with telescopes will be able to watch it fly by Earth!

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