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Asteroid approach on Super Bowl Sunday will be close, but no need to cancel your party

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This video shows the path of Asteroid 2002 AJ129, which will make a close approach to Earth on Feb. 4,2018, at 4:30 p.m. EST. But don’t cancel your Super Bowl LII party. At the time of closest approach, the asteroid will be at a distance of 2.6 million miles, or 4.2 million kilometers — about 10 times the distance between Earth and the moon.
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