An asteroid set to pass by Earth tonight is predicted to make one of the closest approaches by a near-Earth object ever recorded, according to NASA ☄️
Davide Farnocchia, a navigation engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsions Laboratory, who developed Scout, said: “Scout quickly ruled out 2023 BU as an impactor, but despite the very few observations, it was nonetheless able to predict that the asteroid would make an extraordinarily close approach with Earth."What do we know about asteroid 2023 BU?
The asteroid is set to make one of the closest approaches by a near-earth object ever recorded and is estimated to be 11.5 to 28 feet . If the asteroid were to hit Earth, it is so small that it would disintegrate harmlessly into the atmosphere with some smaller debris falling as smallThe asteroid is set to make its approach tonight at around midnight, meaning it will stray into the early morning on January 27.According to reports, the asteroid will be live-streamed using robotic telescopes.
The Virtual Telescope Project will be broadcasting the astroid live from 7.15 pm UTC on January 26 from its website and on YouTube channel.
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