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 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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

Edit : removed the "amp;"

[–] AbouBenAdhem 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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

[–] A_A 4 points 1 year ago

Whoops, thanks ! I made the correction

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year 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 3 points 1 year ago

🤞