Tiny asteroid 2025 RJ2 makes close flyby of moon and Earth

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Tiny asteroid makes a flyby of Earth and the moonAsteroid 2025 RJ2 is a small near-Earth object currently zipping past Earth and the moon. The tiny space rock made a close approach to Earth on September 15, 2025, at a distance of about 187,000 miles (301,000 km). Asteroid 2025 RJ2 made its closest approach to the moon on September 16, 2025, at about 8:00 UTC (3 a.m. CDT). Tomorrow, newly-discovered #asteroid 2025 RJ2 will miss the Moon by 13,000 km. Bottom line: A tiny asteroid made a close pass by Earth and an even closer pass by the moon yesterday and earlier this morning.