Tonight the largest asteroid (2007 TU24) in over 20 years will pass close to Earth

Two nights ago I watched a program on the history channel all about asteroids and comets, today we are hearing news of the largest asteroid to pass close to the Earth in 20 years…and that will happen tonight.

Astronomers are hoping for clear skies tonight so they can get a chance to catch images of 2007 TU24, when it passes it will be 334,000 miles away, it does sound far but according to experts…that is very close astronomically speaking.

The asteroid is in fact around one and half times the distance of earth to the moon, in space terms that’s nothing and things could have been very different if it was a little closer.

Source

CLICK HERE to keep updated with the latest news, share a comment or problems with products and services. Follow us on twitter or read more asteroid, earth, NASA, science, space, technology news.