California - Astronomers prepare to observe the appliance giant asteroid the size of the aircraft. This asteroid will cross the earth with very close range. Like what?
Space.com reported, an asteroid the size of the aircraft will cross the earth at a distance closer than the moon. But the media is sure, it is not potentially threatening asteroid Earth.
"There is no danger of collision when the asteroid 2005 YU55 reach the closest distance to Earth next 8 November," said the astronomers.
The shortest distance path the asteroid is estimated to reach 324,604 kilometers from Earth, he added.
At the closest point, astronomers claimed to be able to study the asteroid is better.
"Normally, objects that cross Earth's sky is far enough. However, with this close distance, the science on Earth can be observed very well, "said scientists from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Barbara Wilson, in Pasadena, California.
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