Asteroid flies by Earth at less than 5 times moon's distance
An asteroid measuring nearly 2,000 feet flew past Earth on Wednesday at a distance of about 18 lakh km, 4.7 times the distance between Earth and Moon. This is the closest it has come in the last 400 years. The asteroid '2014 JO25', discovered in May 2014, came nearest to Earth at 5:54 PM IST and is now hurtling away.