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Yowza,

…   the asteroid passing above southern Africa within 3,852 miles (6,200 km) at the moment of closest approach, around 7:45 a.m. PT.

To get an idea of how close this is, consider that many telecommunications satellites orbit at an altitude of 22,236 miles (35,786 km).

I couldn’t resist checking it out, the meteor that blew up over Russia six years ago was 17 meters across, they estimate.

https://www.space.com/19974-russian-meteor-explosion-origin-size.html

I guess it don’t matter much, so long as they miss.