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Massive asteroid to PLAY CHICKEN with Earth on Monday - Biggest until 2027

by Joe Mobley
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NASA is warning skywatchers that a huge asteroid will pass over European and North American skies on Monday and that this will be the biggest space rock to do a fly-by of our planet until 2027.

Most asteroids that pass us are smallish, between 50 and 100 meters wide. This latest visitor, asteroid 2004 BL86, is half a kilometer (0.3 miles) across, which would be very damaging if it hit Earth.
The asteroid will be brightest at around 8pm EST (1am Tuesday UTC) in skies over Europe and North America. It won't be visible to the naked eye - ideally you should use a three or four-inch telescope.
The short article is here,

Massive asteroid to PLAY CHICKEN with Earth on Monday

Joe Mobley
  • Profile picture of the author tagiscom
    It's the end of the world l tell you, my fluffy bunnies have been sending me subliminal messages!

    Or the bottle of Jack Daniels?

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    Archimedes Forum, Sign up l won't bite
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  • Profile picture of the author TheWriteOne
    Cool. Let me go grab my telescope so I could view this Armageddon. Any chance it would blow up and turn into a shower? That would be majestic.
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