2016/02/18 Two years ago, a little asteroid flew past the Earth at a distance of over 2 million kilometres. In a couple of weeks' time it will be back and, this time, it may come closer, scientists sa

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Carlos Suárez

2016/02/18 Two years ago, a little asteroid flew past the Earth at a distance of over 2 million kilometres. In a couple of weeks' time it will be back and, this time, it may come closer, scientists say. On March 5th, this asteroid, which is called 2013 TX68, might approach the Earth as near as 17,000 kilometres, which is a very short distance in terms of astronomy. Although it seems that it won't crash into the Earth this time, there is a remote possibility of collision in its next visit, which will take place on September 17th 2017. A spokesman from the NASA said that there is no need to worry about it, but given that TX68 is twice as big as the one that crashed into Russia in 2013 and left some 1,000 injured, it is only natural to be a bit scared, isn't it?

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2016/02/18

Two years ago, a little asteroid flew past the Earth at a distance of over 2 million kilometers. In a couple of weeks' time it will be back and, this time, it may come closer, scientists say. On March 5th, this asteroid, which is called 2013 TX68, might approach the Earth as near as 17,000 kilometers, which is a very short distance in terms of astronomy. Although it seems that it won't crash into the Earth this time, there is a remote possibility of collision in its next visit, which will take place on September 17th 2017. A spokesman from the NASA said that there is no need to worry about it, but given that TX68 is twice as big as the one that crashed into Russia in 2013 and left some 1,000 injured, it is only natural to be a bit scared, isn't it?

Carlos, very good job. Only a couple of minor errors with the word kilometers, which in the US is spelled kilometers but I believe in other English-speaking countries may be spelled kilometres. Also, although NASA is The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, when abbreviated it is referred to as just "NASA" and not "the NASA".

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