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Scientists would see it way before that because of the gravitational effects it would cause on other planetary bodies. Of course, for the record, most of posts on this topic have been made in jest.Maybe it's a neutron star. Those can create serious gravitational stresses.Why don't you explain to those of us who are skeptical how a 280 ft diameter asteroid is going to have enough mass, while passing at that distance, to cause earthquakes. Is this some sort of super-dense asteroid? Maybe a strange form of black hole?
A dark brown dwarf is a more realistic concern.
One theory I have had for a while is that our sun has a twin star that is a very dark brown dwarf star that caused the darkness at the time of Jesus crucifixion. It would have an orbit that that is at an acute angle to the normal planetary orbital of our solar system and would come by once every 100,000 years or so, dragging a bunch of asteroid behind it.
I only think it a plausible thing, not probable. We probably wouldnt see it until it was darned close in astronomical terms.