NASA's Asteroid Monitoring Efforts
Discovered March 8, 2026, it follows a 655-day elliptical orbit from inside Earth's orbit to beyond Mars.
Passed 198,000 miles from Earth at 11:27 p.m. EDT (Eastern Daylight Time) at 21,513 mph.
NASA predicts no major asteroid strikes in next 100 years, conducts mock scenarios and missions.
NASA and partners track over 41,000 near-Earth asteroids, with 2,000 new discoveries.
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