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Smithsonian Magazine on MSNTwo Massive Asteroids Will Fly Past Earth This Week. Here's What to KnowMore news
Spotted Asteroid, Set for Near Miss With Earth. ABC reports that an asteroid is set to make a close pass by Earth this weekend. Asteroid 2024 MK should be
MK is only about 400 to 840 feet wide but will pass much closer to Earth at a distance of roughly 75% of the moon’s orbit. It will be visible on June 28 and June 29. Both asteroids will be the brightest on the night of Friday,
The asteroids aren’t expected to come in contact with Earth, but could cause “considerable damage” if they did, according to the European Space Agency.
The University of Hawaii spotted a newly-discovered asteroid set to swing close to Earth Friday, June 28, slipping inside the orbit of the Moon.
Ahead of Asteroid Day (June 30), the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the Meteor Crater, also known as the Barringer Meteorite Crater.
Two large asteroids will safely pass by Earth this week, and at least one of them will be visible with a small telescope. The first and largest is Asteroid 2011 UL21, one of the largest asteroids that will pass by Earth this year.
What could be called a rare event, two “potentially hazardous” asteroids are set to fly past Earth this week, albeit they don’t pose any threat to our planet. While Asteroid (415029) 2011 UL21 will pass near Earth on June 27,
Stargazers will want to keep a close eye on the sky in the coming days. A comet with a 69-year orbit is set to pass by Earth.
A newly-discovered asteroid by a University of Hawaiʻi-operated telescope will pass close to Earth, inside the Moon’s orbit tonight. Orbit computations by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) predict it will make its closest approach to Earth shortly after 1:30 a.
A newly-discovered asteroid by a University of Hawaiʻi-operated telescope will pass close to Earth, inside the Moon’s orbit tonight. Orbit computations by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) predict it will make its closest approach to Earth shortly after 1:30 a.
MK, the space rock will make its closest approach to Earth, passing by at about three-quarters the distance from Earth to the moon.
An asteroid will whiz harmlessly past Earth this weekend. With the right equipment and timing, you just might spot it.