https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65061818
An asteroid large enough to destroy a city will pass between the orbits of the Earth and the Moon this weekend - luckily for us, missing both.
The object, named 2023 DZ2, was discovered a month ago.
On Saturday, it will pass within 515,000km of the moon, before flying by Earth hours later.
It is rare for such a huge asteroid - estimated to be between 40 and 90 metres in diameter - to come so close to the planet.
On Friday, March 24, 2023 at 4:51:36 PM UTC-7, StarDust wrote:
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65061818
An asteroid large enough to destroy a city will pass between the orbits of the Earth and the Moon this weekend - luckily for us, missing both.
The object, named 2023 DZ2, was discovered a month ago.
On Saturday, it will pass within 515,000km of the moon, before flying by Earth hours later.
It is rare for such a huge asteroid - estimated to be between 40 and 90 metres in diameter - to come so close to the planet.The Sky says, astaroid 2023 DZ2 is 12.7 mag?
It needs a large binocular to see it, I think?
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