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Asteroid the size of a London bus missed the Earth by just 240 miles on Friday 13 in closest pass on record — but it wasn't spotted until the next day
- The rock — dubbed 2020 VT4 — was seen 15 hours after its whizzed on by
- It was detected by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System on Hawaii.
- The 16–33 feet wide body, had it come much closer, would have burnt up
- It is the second asteroid to break the record for closest approach this year