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NASA Tracks Asteroid Approaching Earth at 9,753 mph

12/9/2025

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NASA is tracking asteroid 2025 XM, which will pass 295,000 miles from Earth on December 9, 2025, traveling at 9,753 mph and measuring 84 feet in diameter, below NASA's threshold for potentially hazardous objects.
The distance equals about 1.2 times the Earth–Moon distance.
Two other asteroids will approach Earth this week: 2019 XN3 at 1,360,000 miles on December 10, 2025, and 1999 SF10 at 1,950,000 miles later that day.

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NASA is tracking asteroid 2025 XM, which will pass 295,000 miles from Earth on December 9, 2025, traveling at 9,753 mph and measuring 84 feet in diameter, below NASA's threshold for potentially hazardous objects.
The distance equals about 1.2 times the Earth–Moon distance.
Two other asteroids will approach Earth this week: 2019 XN3 at 1,360,000 miles on December 10, 2025, and 1999 SF10 at 1,950,000 miles later that day.