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Advertisement Asteroid 'near-miss' with Earth An asteroid big enough to flatten London has 'narrowly' missed the Earth on Friday night. Experts say it came as close as 17,200 miles to us. Latest on this story 0 new updates 8:10 pm, Fri 15 Feb 2013 NASA gives the official 'all clear' as asteroid passes 7:45 pm, Fri 15 Feb 2013 NASA video of asteroid's 'near-miss' with Earth 7:37 pm, Fri 15 Feb 2013 First glimpse of 'near-miss' asteroid as it passes Earth 7:20 pm, Fri 15 Feb 2013 Camera points to cloudy sky as asteroid gets closer 7:11 pm, Fri 15 Feb 2013 Cloudy skies obscure view of asteroid over England