This afternoon an asteroid the size of a house passed between Earth and the moon. At its closest Asteroid 2023 LZ was still expected to be about 197,000 miles away from earth
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This evening an asteroid will pass less than 6200 miles from the center of the Earth. That means the asteroid will be a little over 2000 miles above the surface from the Earth at it closest.
AP Wire
NASA put an asteroid mission on hold Friday, blaming the late delivery of its own navigation software.
Saturday morning an asteroid will make a "close" pass by Earth, but it poses no threat to us. At it's closest, asteroid 2016 AJ193 will still be almost 9 times the distances of the moon.
Good news - Earth did not get hit by an asteroid this weekend! This is expected to be the biggest asteroid to pass near Earth this year, measuring about 0.6 miles in diameter. This was also a noteworthy pass because Asteroid 2001 FO32 is expected to be one of the fastest fly byes the Earth has seen.
A *small* asteroid will pass very near Earth Thursday morning. 2020 SW was discovered Friday, September 18th, and is roughly the size of a school bus.
On Sunday an asteroid made the closest known pass by Earth without making impact with the planet! No asteroid has ever been detected flying this close to Earth.
Earlier today an asteroid passed relatively close to Earth - so close in fact it was just a little more than 1/10 of the distance between us and the moon.
A large asteroid will pass safely by early next week, and you may be able to see it! The asteroid is called (52768) 1998 OR2 and will be the largest asteroid to come this close to Earth this year.
Tonight an asteroid will pass between the Earth and the Moon.