Asteroid pass by Tonight, called 2017 BX
3,028 views · Published 25 January 2017 · 2:11 · Indexed 4 November 2026
Channel: Real Thing TV · 2017 · News & Politics
Bus-Size Asteroid Buzzing Earth Tonight Stars. A bus-size asteroid will safely pass between Earth and the moon today (Jan. 24), and the online Slooh observatory will provide live views of the space rock just hours before its closest approach. The asteroid, called 2017 BX, is about the size of a bus, according to NASA's Asteroid Watch tracker. NASA estimates that the object is about 28 feet (8.5 meters) wide. You can see the orbit of the asteroid, as projected by the Near-Earth Object Program at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Rerun, or NEA 2017 BX, was first discovered on January 20th, and will make it’s closest approach to the Earth at 4:54 UTC on January 25th (11:54 EST, January 24th). At the time of its closest approach, Rerun will be only 162,252 miles away, 30% closer than the Moon.
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