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The space rock came as close as within 4.15 million miles from our planet, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

The asteroid will be more than three times farther away from Earth, compared to its flyby from September through November. So, it's unlikely to be picked up as a quasi-satellite again at that time.

Asteroid 2018 VX1 was discovered by a telescope at the Mount Lemmon Survey in Tucson, Ariz., on Nov. 4. The asteroid will pass within roughly 381,000 kilometres of Earth.

The space rock will make its closest approach—at a cosmically slight 183,000 miles from our planet—later today, according to the space agency.