Asteroid SD9 will fly much closer than NF23, making its close approach within just over one million miles (1.6million km) of our home planet.
Asteroid NF23 last missed the Earth on July 29, 2016, and on two separate occasions on July 10 and November 18 in 2014.
The giant asteroid will skim past the planet once again in the morning hours on April 23, 2020.
Two months from now, Asteroid NF23 will fly past Venus as it completes its trip around the Sun.
2016 NF23 will pass 3 million miles away—12 times as far away as the moon. Why aren’t they worrying about the moon hitting us? It’s a lot bigger.
Fortunately, this one is passing by at a distance of 3 million miles. Sigh of relief!!