At 3:33am EST, and asteroid will pass within 334,000 miles of the Earth. Don’t panic though, in relative terms, that’s like a bullet missing you by 1/1000 of an inch. No sweat!
Seriously though, there shouldn’t be cause for panic as scientists agree it ain’t gonna hit us.
The pictures, “taken with the Goldstone Solar System Radar Telescope in California’s Mojave Desert, refine estimates of the asteroid’s size. Named 2007 TU24, the asteroid was estimated to span up to 2,000 feet (610 meters), but is now thought to have a diameter of about 800 feet (250 meters).”
Scientists further proclaimed “This pictures look kind of like Space Invaders, but blurrier. Zoot! Bang! Zoot!”
Read more about it here.
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