Asteroid 2023 BU scrapes past the Earth in one of the closest approaches ever Posted on January 27, 2023 By Charlielikes A huge asteroid has narrowly passed the Earth tonight, flying past the tip of South America in one of the closest approaches of known near-Earth object on record news Tags:‘past, 2023, approaches, asteroid, bu, closest, earth, ever’, in, news, of, one, scrapes, the, topnews, trending