Asteroid to skim past Earth

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Asteroid to skim past Earth

Asteroid to skim past Earth

An asteroid larger than a double-decker bus is to pass within 28,000 miles of Earth on Tuesday, but has no chance of hitting the planet, Nasa has said


The giant rock, which is 20ft (6m) wide, will come its closest shortly before midday, though astronomers are not sure what its exact path will be.

But experts, who named the asteroid 2010 TD54, said that despite passing very close to the planet it would not enter the atmosphere, and that even if it did it would burn up before reaching the ground.

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/8058005/Asteroid-to-skim-past-Earth.html

 

Low Delta V and so many come closer than the moon.