An asteroid discovered earlier this month will reach its closest point to Earth on Saturday (Jan. 27), when it will soar through the sky at a distance closer to us than the moon.
You can watch the airplane-size asteroid as it sails just 220,000 miles (354,000 kilometers) from Earth — more than nine tenths of the average distance between our planet and the moon — on a Virtual Telescope Project live feed from 12:15 p.m. EST. The flying space rock will reach its closest point to Earth at 12:30 p.m. EST, according to NASA.
to view its calculated trajectory :
ssd.jpl.nasa.govEdit : removed the “amp;”
For anyone trying to follow this link, you’ll need to remove the “amp;”.
Whoops, thanks ! I made the correction
That orbit map shows it outside the Moon’s orbit. Maybe the actual lunar orbit is a lot more elliptical than represented here?
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