ATLANTA — A medium-sized, near-Earth asteroid that was discovered just a few months ago will pass near Earth tonight!
The asteroid will pass at a distance less than 4 times the distance of the earth to the moon.
"By space measurements, that's a close call!" Severe Weather Team 2 Meteorologist Brad Nitz said.
Amateur astronomers can see the asteroid tonight. It will be at its closest point at 2:53 a.m.
“Yes, our skies will be clear,” Nitz said.
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"Potentially Hazardous Asteroid" will pass very near earth tonight - 2wsb.tv/2HdJCGm A medium sized near-earth asteroid...
Posted by Brad Nitz on Tuesday, March 6, 2018
On Friday, a small asteroid about the size of a bus passed within 70,000 miles of the Earth's surface.
It was the second asteroid in a week to make a close swing by the Earth.
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