Aircraft Carrier-Sized Asteroid Narrowly Misses Earth
Asteroid 2005 YU55 zipped past the Earth at about 29,000 miles per hour tonight (that’s 8 miles a second) at about 6:28 p.m. EST.
“It is the first time since 1976 that an object of this size has passed this closely to the Earth. It gives us a great chance to study a near-Earth object like this.” said astronomer Scott Fisher, a program director with the National Science Foundation.
2005 YU55 is a pretty cool looking asteroid, spherical in shape and blacker than charcoal – it is called a C-type asteroid as its likely made of carbon-based materials and some silicate rock. This is the largest asteroid to come this close to Earth since 1976.
NASA kept a close eye on the almost too close for comfort asteroid as it sped past Earth.
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