Monday, October 28, 2019

Close-Encounter tonight with Asteroid

Asteroid to sweep between moon and Earth tonight

The near-Earth asteroid 2019 UB8 will have a safe, very close encounter with our planet, coming at about 120,000 miles (190.000 km) from us – half of the average distance of the moon – tonight (October 28-29, 2019), according to clocks in Europe, Africa and the Americas.

This 14- to 31-foot large asteroid (4.3 to 9.5 meters) will reach its minimum distance (120,000 miles or 190.000 km) from us on October 29, 2019, at 06:30 UTC; that is 2:30 a.m. EDT on the morning of October 29. [EarthSky]

Read about it... You can watch it live starting at 8:30 EDT.

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