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Apparently not.
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The next close-ish shave - at a mere 17 times the distance from the Sun to the Earth - will be asteroid 2004QD14 on November 29.
They meant 17 times the distance from the MOON to the Earth. If it was 17 times the Sun-Earth distance, we'd be in mortal danger from all the planets up to like Jupiter, as well as the entire asteroid belt.
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