Asteroid heading our way?

[jgmaynard]

Hi:

 

Yes, I realize this is probably just a "news advertisement blurb," but I heard briefly on the news yesterday that a 1/2 mile wide asteroid was coming towards the Earth ("Will it hit Earth? Stay tuned to channel 25 news...").

Anyone heard anything about this? What sort of path is projected?

 

JM

[silkworm]

I heard about this, but I heard it's a mile wide. I don't know how close it will be, but I think it's supposed to be inside the moon's orbit.

 

Here is NASA's Near Earth Object (NEO) program: NASA NEO, but I didn't see anything about it there.

 

There's actually a much scarier looking one projected for 2029, that's supposed to travel within 20,000 miles of Earth and will be visible to the naked eye as it passes.

 

http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news148.html

[Cap'n Refsmmat]

http://space.about.com/b/a/256724.htm

[jgmaynard]

Thanks. That's one close shave!

 

JM