Titanic-sized asteroid will pass by Earth this weekend. Here's where you can track it

readbeanicecream@kbin.social to Space@kbin.social – 3 points –
68k.news

A Titanic-sized asteroid is slated to pass by Earth Saturday according to the Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which monitors the orbits of near-Earth objects for NASA.

The 840-foot asteroid, named 467336 (2002 LT 38), is just 42 feet shy of the length of the Titanic, which CNEOS categorizes as "stadium-sized."

The asteroid was first identified by scientists in June last year and is set to miss Earth by about 4.4 million miles.

0

No comments yet. You could be first!