The biggest asteroids to pass by Earth, presented as an infographic

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Designer Zachary Vabolis has catalogued 17 asteroids over 1000 meters that have skimmed by Earth or will in the near future. Who's coming by next? The 32,000-meter 1036 Ganymed, which whizzes by on October 13, 2011.

You can see the full chart on Power of Visualization.

[Zachary Vabolis via Popular Science]

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