NASA: Near-Earth-Asteroid 2014 UR116 No Threat to Earth

Some recent press reports have suggested that an asteroid designated 2014 UR116, found on 2014 October 27, at the MASTER-II observatory in Kislovodsk, Russia, represents an impact threat to the Earth. While this approximately 400-meter sized asteroid has a three year orbital period around the sun and returns to the Earth's neighborhood periodically, it does not represent a threat because its orbital path does not pass sufficiently close to the Earth's orbit.

More: http://spacewatchtower.blogspot.com/2014/12/nasa-near-earth-asteroid-2014-ur116-no.html

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