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The original was posted on /r/space by /u/maksimkak on 2025-07-21 03:00:29+00:00.
Yesterday, the American ATLAS survey (the same one that discovered the new interstellar comet) discovered a near-Earth asteroid, under the preliminary designation A11q7qv, which has just flown past the Earth at a distance of only 4,100 km (2,548 mi) from the surface of our planet. Size - approx 4 meters. The circular about its discovery has not yet been issued, a temporary designation has not yet been assigned. This flyby will be among the top ten closest approaches, if you do not take into account the impactors that eventually collided with our planet.
Astronomers are now following up with more observations. https://groups.io/g/mpml/topic/a11q7qv_request_for_followup/114236662
