Near-Earth Asteroid 2002 MN Passes Earth Safely June 14, 2002
Near-Earth asteroid 2002 MN misses the Earth by 75,000 miles (121,000 km), about one-third of the distance between the Earth and the Moon.
Date: June 14, 2002
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