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"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," the European Space Agency said.

Asteroids of this size impact Earth every few thousand years, and they can cause severe damage to local regions, according to the ESA. The space rock has a “size range comparable to that of a ...