Expect very close passes within 12 inches at times. (sharkdiver.com)
I mean, after all, your telescopes are now finding the larger asteroids that make close passes by Earth, and soon they'll be finding the smaller ones like the Tunguska impactor. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
In 2015, the global wind machine fired up record numbers of powerful hurricanes in the central Pacific, with several making close passes to the Island of Hawaii. (keckobservatory.org)