Newly discovered asteroid the size of an airplane will have 'very close encounter' with Earth on Saturday — and you can watch it happen (www.livescience.com)

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An asteroid discovered earlier this month will reach its closest point to Earth on Saturday (Jan. 27), when it will soar through the sky at a distance closer to us than the moon.

You can watch the airplane-size asteroid as it sails just 220,000 miles (354,000 kilometers) from Earth — more than nine tenths of the average distance between our planet and the moon — on a Virtual Telescope Project live feed from 12:15 p.m. EST. The flying space rock will reach its closest point to Earth at 12:30 p.m. EST, according to NASA.

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[-] A_A@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

to view its calculated trajectory :
ssd.jpl.nasa.gov

Edit : removed the "amp;"

[-] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

For anyone trying to follow this link, you’ll need to remove the “amp;”.

[-] A_A@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Whoops, thanks ! I made the correction

[-] Rhaedas@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

That orbit map shows it outside the Moon's orbit. Maybe the actual lunar orbit is a lot more elliptical than represented here?

[-] db2@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

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