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NASA Monitors Bus-Sized Asteroid Passing Earth in 2025

9/24/2025

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) tracks bus-sized asteroid 2021 R16, 23 feet in diameter, which will pass 2.41 million miles from Earth on September 23, 2025.
It will travel 19,000 mph and poses no collision risk.
Other near-Earth objects, including 2022 SW12 and 2025 SP3, passed near Earth today; 2024 YR4's probability fell from 3.1% to 0.28% for 2032.

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) tracks bus-sized asteroid 2021 R16, 23 feet in diameter, which will pass 2.41 million miles from Earth on September 23, 2025.
It will travel 19,000 mph and poses no collision risk.
Other near-Earth objects, including 2022 SW12 and 2025 SP3, passed near Earth today; 2024 YR4's probability fell from 3.1% to 0.28% for 2032.