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Watch Live As Asteroid Thought To Be Up to One Mile Long Flies Past Earth
On 3/10/21 at 1:02 PM EST
Later this month, an enormous asteroid will fly safely past the Earth and you can watch the event live online from the comfort of your own home.
The space rock, dubbed (231937) 2001 FO32, is likely the largest asteroid to make a close approach to Earth in 2021, according to NASA s Center for Near Earth Studies (CNEOS).
Based on its observed magnitude, the CNEOS estimates that the asteroid measures between 2,526 feet (0.47 miles) and 5,577 feet (1.05 miles) across.
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The upper limit of this size estimate is larger than any other asteroid that will fly past our planet this year.
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An Eiffel Tower-sized asteroid is about to whiz by Earth. When it returns in 8 years, it could cross paths with our satellites.
An Eiffel Tower-sized asteroid is about to whiz by Earth. When it returns in 8 years, it could cross paths with our satellites.
Aylin WoodwardMar 6, 2021, 04:57 IST
An artist s illustration of asteroids flying by Earth.Peter Carril/ESA
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Earth Friday night.
The space rock is more than 1,100 feet wide wider than the Eiffel Tower is tall.
When Apophis returns in 2029, its path could intersect with high-altitude
satellites in Earth s orbit.
An asteroid nearly four football fields wide is about to zoom by Earth.
See Jupiter and Mercury align in the sky and an asteroid flyby this weekend
The solar system’s largest and smallest planets will be in alignment this Friday.
In the morning, Mercury and Jupiter will be in conjunction and appear just above the horizon, according to NASA.
A conjunction is when two objects appear close together in the sky, but they can actually be millions of miles apart, according to Thomas Beatty, assistant astronomer at Steward Observatory at the University of Arizona in Tucson.
It’s similar to a merry-go-round, he said, with certain animals aligning as they circle around the center of the ride.