"Asteroid 2019 OK, sped by our planet at 11.22am on Thursday, passing . . . closer to us than the moon’s orbit"

SMH:

Due to the trajectory of the asteroid – flying towards us from the direction of the sun – astronomers had no warning it was headed our way.

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"It would have hit with over 30 times the energy of the atomic blast at Hiroshima"

*Previously Owning an asteroid is now legal in the Unites States