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nw NC | A much larger asteroid passed earth yesterday. It was 1.4 miles wide. Missed earth by 4 million miles.
Two asteroids will safely pass our planet this week, and both are large enough to spot in small telescopes. In an astronomical coincidence, they’ll appear best on the same night, June 28. Asteroid 2011 UL21 is one of the largest near-Earth asteroids visible in amateur telescopes this year, at 1.4 miles (2.3 km) wide. That makes it larger than 99% of all known near-Earth objects. However, it will pass at a safe distance of 4,122,350 miles (6,634,279 km) from Earth’s surface, or about 17 times farther than the moon on June 27.
1.4 mile rock hitting earth would hurt, but not as much as the one that killed the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. It was estimated to be 6 miles . Ouch !!!
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Just in time for Asteroid Day
