WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- An asteroid roughly the size of a school bus passed by Earth early Thursday morning, traveling from about 13,000 miles (22,000 kilometers) away, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
The rock made its closest approach to Earth around 7 a.m. EDT on Thursday, passing over the Southeastern Pacific Ocean, according to JPL.
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