Incoming asteroid

[Analoguesat]

Duck!

| EarthSky

Watch online today as asteroid 2020 SW swoops in for its closest approach to Earth on Thursday. The asteroid will pass just 7% of the moon's distance. Charts here for telescope users. How to watch online.

earthsky.org

 

[jeallen01]

And there "by the grace of whichever God, if any, in which you believe" we go - there'll probably be another along "anytime soon"

 

[Analoguesat]

There is a suspicion 2020SW isnt a space rock at all - its possibly the rocket body from Surveyor 2 launched in 1966!

| EarthSky

In November, a new mini-moon began orbiting Earth. NASA later confirmed it's a lost-and-found 60s-era rocket from the Surveyor 2 moon mission, launched more than 50 years ago. Now the object - SO 2020 - is coming close again for one last time. Here's how to see it!

earthsky.org

 

[Channel Hopper]

Another

Near-Earth Asteroid 2023 DZ2 very close encounter: online observation – 25 Mar. 2023 - The Virtual Telescope Project 2.0

See near-Earth asteroid 2023 DZ2 safely coming very close, from the comfort of your home: join us next 25 Mar. 2023!

www.virtualtelescope.eu