85 Foot Asteroid Zooms Past Earth On Memorial Day | Orbit Diagram Video

1,481 views · Published 29 May 2012 · 0:36 · Indexed 25 September 2026

Channel: VideoFromSpace · 2012 · Science & Technology

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Recently discovered asteroid 2012 KP24 made it within 217,480 miles of Earth on May 28th, 2012. This animated diagram shows the orbit the space rock has and will take from March 29th to August 8th. It poses no threat to Earth.

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