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Earth will get buzzed by an asteroid on Monday

Here's something to dwell on as you head to work next week: A small asteroid the size of a tour bus will make an extremely close pass by the Earth on Monday, but it poses no threat to the planet. 

The asteroid will make its closest approach at 1:14 p.m. ET on June 27 and will pass just over 7,500 miles above Earth's surface, NASA officials say. At that particular moment, the asteroid — which scientists have named 2011 MD — will be sailing high off the coast of Antarctica, almost 2,000 miles (3,218 kilometers) south-southwest of South Africa.