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Asteroid Discovered Speeding 32,000 mph

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European Space Agency Asteroid Find Source: NASA-ESA Asteroid Image Space Rock in Earth-Crossing Orbit The European Space Agency (ESA) has discovered a huge asteroid moving at warp speed.  32,000 miles per hour to be exact. The asteroid is a big one with a diameter of 262 feet.  That's about  the size of a commercial aircraft wing tip to wing tip.  ESA has named the space rock 2020 Ft3 and they've added it to their Risk List of asteroids that could hit Earth. 2089 - 2110 Timeframe 2020 Ft3 follows an Earth-crossing orbit, making it a member of the Apollo family of asteroids.  The space rock is world's away from Earth.  ESA believes the chances of it striking the Earth are very  small.  And, they and NASA have calculated, if by some slight chance it were to hit, it would  not happen before 2089.  They  add, the remote possibility of a strike would be