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Trajectory of Asteroid 2017 YE5 (Artist’s Concept)

Artist's illustration of the trajectory of asteroid 2017 YE5 through the solar system. At its closest approach to Earth, the asteroid came to within 16 times the distance between Earth and the moon.
PIA22560
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Artist's illustration of the trajectory of asteroid 2017 YE5 through the solar system. At its closest approach to Earth, the asteroid came to within 16 times the distance between Earth and the moon.

More information about asteroids and near-Earth objects is available at http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroidwatch.