Asteroid the size of a bus to pass by Earth shortly in 'close shave'
Even if 2023 BU was on a direct collision course, it would struggle to do much damage.
For comparison, the famous Chelyabinsk meteor that entered Earth's atmosphere over southern Russia in 2013 was an object near 20m across. It produced a shockwave that shattered windows on the ground. "After its encounter, the asteroid's orbit will be more elongated, moving it out to about halfway between Earth's and Mars' orbits at its farthest point from the Sun. The asteroid will then complete one orbit every 425 days."
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