A rare occurrence indeed, a space rock, that if did smash us would alter life as we know, won't quite hit us, but it's be pretty damned close...cosmically speaking of course.
Link to the Express article
From the Wiki:
2014 YB35 (also written 2014 YB35) is a near-Earth asteroid discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey on 27 December 2014. It is approximately 520 metres (1,710 ft) in diameter.[1]
It will pass by Earth on 27 March 2015 at 06:21 UTC at a distance of 4,473,807 ± 155 km (2,779,895 ± 96 mi), or 11.7 lunar distances, and a relative speed of 10.16 km/s (6.31 mi/s).[2] The Goldstone Observatory is scheduled to observe this object on 20 March 2015, at which time it is expected they will obtain coarse radar images and continuous wave spectra, which may help determine the asteroid's composition.[1]
Any GAF astronomers gonna try to get a glimpse as it passes by?
2014 YB35's next encounter with Earth will be in 2033, at a distance of approximately 3,330,000 km (2,070,000 mi).[2]
Link to the Express article
From the Wiki:
2014 YB35 (also written 2014 YB35) is a near-Earth asteroid discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey on 27 December 2014. It is approximately 520 metres (1,710 ft) in diameter.[1]
It will pass by Earth on 27 March 2015 at 06:21 UTC at a distance of 4,473,807 ± 155 km (2,779,895 ± 96 mi), or 11.7 lunar distances, and a relative speed of 10.16 km/s (6.31 mi/s).[2] The Goldstone Observatory is scheduled to observe this object on 20 March 2015, at which time it is expected they will obtain coarse radar images and continuous wave spectra, which may help determine the asteroid's composition.[1]
Any GAF astronomers gonna try to get a glimpse as it passes by?
2014 YB35's next encounter with Earth will be in 2033, at a distance of approximately 3,330,000 km (2,070,000 mi).[2]
