Massive asteroid due to make closest-ever approach to Earth tonight — watch it live

[Still Waters]

A "potentially hazardous" asteroid the size of a football stadium will zoom past our planet in the early hours tomorrow morning (Dec. 4) — and you can watch it live.

The gigantic space rock, which is traveling at roughly 27,500 miles per hour (44,300 kilometers per hour), will reach a minimum distance of 1.37 million miles (2.2 million kilometers) from Earth at 0:27 ET — its closest approach to our planet on record, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).

The historic flyby can be watched via a free livestream from the Virtual Telescope Project (VTP) which starts at 13:30 ET today (Dec. 3). 2020 XR will also be visible to 8 inch (20 centimeter) telescopes, according to a statement by the European Space Agency (ESA).

https://www.livescience.com/space/asteroids/massive-potentially-hazardous-asteroid-due-to-make-closest-ever-approach-to-earth-tonight-and-you-can-watch-it-live

[AZDZ]

Uh-oh. Rained out. (ETA Small print in middle of black screen)

 

Edited December 3, 2024 by AZDZ

[docyabut2]

Gosh if the asteroid is going to get us our earthquakes are going get us  😭 

[Abramelin]

18 hours ago, docyabut2 said:

Gosh if the asteroid is going to get us our earthquakes are going get us  😭 

[diddyman68]

So did it hit earth and wipe out our civilization ?

I've been stuck indoors the last few days and can't be bothered to turn on the news.😚