Planetary Defense System Detects Asteroid

This is a news story, published by Mashable, that relates primarily to The European Space Agency news.

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Speeding space object triggered a warning. It wasn't an asteroid.

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The European Space Agency detected a 50-meter ( 164-foot ) object hurtling towards Earth on a path that would take it uncomfortably close to the moon and our planet.

It turns out the Juice spacecraft isn't nearly 50 meters across, but its solar panel wings measure 27 meters ( 88 feet ) from tip to tip.

There "continues to be no known asteroid on course to collide with our planet".

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