62-foot asteroid to skim Earth closer than the Moon

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An approximately 62-foot asteroid named 2026 JH2 will pass about 57,000 miles from Earth—closer than the Moon—around 6 p.m. ET Monday. It was discovered May 10 by the Mount Lemmon Survey and may be visible with small telescopes, but it poses no threat to Earth. NASA/ESA are tracking the flyby, and the Virtual Telescope Project will stream it online. The article also notes a much larger asteroid, Apophis, approaching Earth in 2029 and mentions the OSIRIS-APEX mission and potential budget cuts affecting NASA’s plans.
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