Record Setting Asteroid Flyby - NASA Science

On Feb. 15th an asteroid about half the size of a football field will fly past Earth closer than many man-made satellites. Since regular sky surveys began in the 1990s, astronomers have never seen an object so big come so close to our planet.

I love the “To Sun” part of the above graphic and there’s video in the article link for your non-doomsday amusement.

Note: don’t get cocky and think you’re going to spy it from your backyard — not unless you’re “only the most experienced amateur astronomer.” It’s apparently zipping through the heavens perty darn fast.

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