Jin Kim

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Jin Kim is a data journalist for the College Park bureau of the Capital News Service covering science and technology. He previously worked at The Montgomery County Sentinel and is the co-managing editor of The Writer’s Bloc. You can check out his work at jinbkim.wordpress.com and find him on Twitter at @kim_jin_bae. You can reach him at jbkim@umd.edu.

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Asteroid Flyby: How Close Was 2004 BL86 to Earth

This week, a 550-meter-wide asteroid flew so close to the Earth that it was visible with high-powered binoculars, according to NASA. But how close is close, exactly, in space?