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Pickup truck-sized asteroid came less than 250 miles from hitting Earth

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NEW YORK - An asteroid roughly the size of a Ford F-150 flew less than 250 miles away from Earth last week, setting a record for the closest-known asteroid to fly past the planet without hitting it, NASA announced.According to the Center for Near-Earth Studies (CNEOS), the space rock, known as 2020 VT4, passed within 240 miles of Earth's surface on Nov.

13 at 5:20 UTC. It was initially discovered by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, which is run by both NASA and the University of Hawaii.2020 VT4 is considered a Near-Earth Object (NEO) given its close proximity to Earth.

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