Asteroid 2005 YU55 will track within 210,000 miles of the Earth. Sounds like a lot, but in terms of such a big rock passing this close, it's impressive. It's .85 the distance of the moon to the Earth and will be the closest rock of it's size since 1976. the next time an asteroid this large will pass this close is in 2028. The good news is that there is no threat to the Earth and their will be no influence here on the ground.
But it makes you think.
When will the asteroid pass - date and time? Will it be viewed in the Northern, Southern, Eastern, or Western hemisphere? Will you be able to see it without a telescope?
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