Newly-discovered asteroid came within 77,000 km of Earth
Astronomers at the Virtual Telescope Project (VTP) captured an asteroid 'eclipsed' by Earth as it flew by on Tuesday. Named 2016 VA, the 7-22 metre asteroid came within 77,000 km of Earth, about 20% of the Earth-moon distance, just hours after its discovery. In 2016, there have been 50 instances of asteroids coming closer than the moon, VTP added.