Newly found asteroid came within 40k km of Earth
A newly found asteroid, named '2016 RB1', came within 40,000 km of Earth last week, which is less than one-tenth of the moon's distance from Earth. The 7-16 metres wide asteroid was first spotted on September 5, 2016. Scientists have predicted that it was the closest the asteroid would come near the Earth for at least the next 50 years.