Near miss: House-sized asteroid skimmed Earth at 250 miles on Friday the 13th
That was close! And we didn't see it coming.
It was about the same altitude as the ISS.While everyone was looking over Earth’s collective shoulder toward the asteroid that was potentially going to whiz past us the day before Election Day, an entirely different one came at us via our blind spot — the direction of the sun.
It passed a mere 239 miles or so from Earth, skimming the tip-top part of our atmosphere — on Friday the 13th.