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NASA is closely monitoring the arrival of a previously unseen asteroid that is set to brush past Earth today at 21,362 miles per hour.
The space rock had been invisible to astronomers until Christmas Day when it was first identified.
Now called asteroid 2017 YZ4, it will come past us between the Earth and the Moon at a distance of just 139,433 miles.
The Moon is 238,000 miles from Earth, and this pass is considered a cat’s whisker in astronomical terms.
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this pass is considered a cat’s whisker in astronomical terms
NASA is closely monitoring the arrival of a previously unseen asteroid that is set to brush past Earth today at 21,362 miles per hour.
The space rock had been invisible to astronomers until Christmas Day when it was first identified.
originally posted by: RP2SticksOfDynamite
Skimming at 139k miles. Really close...NOT!
originally posted by: Soloprotocol
originally posted by: RP2SticksOfDynamite
Skimming at 139k miles. Really close...NOT!
In the grand scheme of all things spacey 139k miles is what we call a Bawhair here in Scotland.
originally posted by: firerescue
a reply to: gortex
If the asteroid is "UNSEEN" then how do they know its there ...?
originally posted by: RP2SticksOfDynamite
Skimming at 139k miles. Really close...NOT!
originally posted by: testingtesting
Can we see it?.