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"path": "/2026/05/12/asteroid-2026-jm2-passed-earth-at-0-1-lunar-distance/",
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"textContent": "Asteroid 2026 JM2 passed Earth at a distance of 0.114 LD (0.00029 AU / 43 800 km / 27 200 miles), from the center of our planet at 13:06 UTC on May 7, 2026, becoming the 4th closest known asteroid flyby within 1 lunar distance recorded so far this year. At its closest, the object was about 37 400 km (23 200 miles) above Earth’s surface, about 1 600 km (1 000 miles) outside the altitude used by geostationary satellites.\n\nSource",
"title": "Asteroid 2026 JM2 passed Earth at 0.1 lunar distance"
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