The Deseret website was among many news outlets to report on the October 31 fly-by of an asteroid. The Magdalena Ridge Observatory scientists track the object as it flew past.

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Apparently an asteroid came closer to Earth than any other asteroid in NASA’s database on Halloween night.

The asteroid — known as COPPEV1 or 2019 UN13 — flew close to Earth early Thursday morning. The Cataline Sky Survey and the Mt. Lemmon Steward Observatory (both in Arizona) and the Magdalena Ridge Observatory (in New Mexico) spotted the asteroid as it came close to Earth, according to CNET.

 

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