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Alinda is one of the five largest near-Earth asteroids, coming closer than 9.3 million miles until the year 2200.

The asteroid is estimated to be between 656 and 1,443 feet across, and will pass at 16 times the distance to the moon.

"it's not completely unusual for asteroids to be near the Earth," Gallagher said. "Our moon is about a quarter million miles ...