Stadium-Sized Asteroid Safely Flies By Earth In Orbit Animation

Asteroid 2020 XR flew about 1.37 million miles (2.2M km) away from Earth. The space rock is estimated to be about 300-700 km (248-434 miles) wide.

Credit: Space.com | animation courtesy: 2024 NEO Coordination Centre - European Space Agency (ESA) | edited by Steve Spaleta