08 September 2016
Close encounters of the asteroid kind: 2016 RB1 passes remarkably close to Earth
...quite close. After passing by the Earth the asteroid, called 2016 RB1, headed for the Moon. The asteroid was photographed by a... came close to Earth was on July 3rd, 1976. Asteroid 2016 RB1 is considered an Aten asteroid, part of a group of near...
