小行星默默飞过地球

On Friday, a large asteroid roughly the size of the Eiffel Tower zipped past the Earth. The asteroid posed no hazard to the Earth on this flyby. It was more than 40 times as far away from Earth as the moon.

上周五，一个跟埃菲尔铁塔大小相当的小行星飞过了地球。这个小行星在这次掠过中对地球没有危害。它距地球的距离是月球的40倍以上。