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Asteroid 2024 ON flew past Earth at an eerily close distance of 620,000 miles ( 1 million kilometers ) on September 17 .
NASA says it's likely a contact binary with two rounded lobes, one about double the size of the other, separated by a narrow neck.
The radar images also revealed bright spots, likely indicating the presence of large boulders on the surface.
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