Meteorite passes through Earth's asteroid belt.

A three-meter-diameter asteroid whizzed past Earth at a distance more than 20 times closer than the Moon and was only detected by astronomers six hours before its closest approach.

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2017 EA, a small asteroid, flew past Earth at an altitude of 14,500 km above the eastern Pacific Ocean, making its closest approach at 9:04 PM on March 2nd, Vietnam time, according to The Sun.

Scientists at the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona, USA, detected asteroid 2017 EA just six hours before its closest approach to Earth. This three-meter-wide asteroid passed through Earth's geostationary satellite belt.

2017 EA was observed by numerous ground-based observatories before disappearing into space. According to astronomers, its orbit was predicted quite accurately.

According to VNE