A giant asteroid will make a close flyby of Earth over the next few days, and armchair astronomers can watch all the action live on their computers.
A newfound asteroid about the size of a football field will cruise past Earth tonight (July 22), and you can follow all the action live online. The near-Earthasteroid 2013 NE19, estimated to be between 194 feet and 426 feet wide (59 to 130 meters), will pass within 2.6 million miles ...
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3200 Phaethon (FAY-eh-thon), the size of a rural hamlet, will pass within 10.3 million kilometers from Earth at 6 p.m. Eastern Time (23:00 UT) on December 16th. Just before closest approach, it will reach magnitude 10.7, bright enough to track in a 3-inch telescope. And I do ...
skip to main content john borland science jan 28, 2008 10:37 am asteroid to pass by earth tonight, visible though home 'scopes if you have a decent telescope, clear skies, and some patience, ignore the various semi-crazy apocalypse nuts on the web and go outside tonight. the asteroid ...
On January 18, a 1.1-kilometer asteroid named 1994 PC1 will make its closest approach to Earth in nearly a century, passing at about five times the distance from Earth to the Moon. This event offers a unique opportunity for both amateur and professional astronomers to observe a fast-moving ...
asteroid, with a diameter of around 1,000 feet across, that was discovered in 2004. Some scientists were initially concerned upon its discovery that the rock could strike Earth in the year 2029. Since then, astronomers have mostly eliminated any possibility that Apophis could hit Earth one day...
or about 2/3rds the diameter of a Full Moon every hour. This isn’tquitefast enough to see in real time like asteroid2012 DA14was earlier this year, but you should notice its motion after about 10 minutes at medium power. Passing at ~465 Earth diameters distant, 1998 QE2 will show a...
How To Watch The Massive Asteroid Flying Past Earth TonightMike Wall
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