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Near-Earth asteroid 2002 MN misses the Earth by 75,000 miles (121,000 km), about one-third of the distance between the Earth and the Moon.
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Near-Earth object
Small Solar System body with an orbit that can bring it close to Earth
A near-Earth object (NEO) is any small Solar System body orbiting the Sun whose closest approach to the Sun (perihelion) is less than 1.3 times the Earth–Sun distance. This definition applies to the object's orbit around the Sun, rather than its current position, thus an object…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
2002 MN
Near-Earth asteroid
2002 MN is the provisional designation given to a 73-meter Apollo near-Earth asteroid that on 14 June 2002 passed Earth at a distance of 0.0008 AU, about one third the distance to the Moon (0.3 LD). The close approach was second only to the Earth approach by the 10-meter…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)