space: The asteroid, known as 1999 KW4, will make its closest approach to our planet on Saturday, but it's important to note that that distance means something different to space folks, who work on a galactic scale, according to Nine News Australia. The European Space Agency says it will be 5,182,024 km away - more than 13 times the distance between the Earth and the Moon. To improve your experience update it with its own moon will swing by Earth this weekend By CNN11 54am May 24, 2019Facebook Tweet MailA huge double asteroid is streaking toward Earth, but scientists say it will pass by with plenty of room to spare. The asteroid 1999 KW4 will swing past Earth. The larger one is just under a mile in diameter and its companion asteroid moon is about a third of that size. Supplied It's called a bianary system, because there are two asteroids that are gravitationally bound together.
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