According to models by Ben Pearson, the spaceborne dummy won’t make a close approach to Earth until two years from now on November 4th, 2020, and even then it’ll be 0.35AU (32 million miles) away. It’ll be much closer to Mars, getting within 0.05AU (4.6 million miles) on October 6th of that year. You may …
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