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Astronomical Halloween Coming! NASA Uncertain About the Giant Asteroid’s Orbit (Videos X2) Heads Up!
20 Oct 15
Guess what’s coming for Halloween? A Massive Asteroid is expected to pass by Earth on in the closest fly by since 2006. NASA discovered the Asteroid 2015 TB145 on October 10th. This is the closest approach by an object this big. This Asteroid is reported to be the size of the Empire State Building.
Half-mile-wide asteroid to skim past Earth on Halloween October 31
Asteroid 2015 TB145 (not pictured) will pass our planet on October 31, 2015 at approximately 1.3 times the distance from the Earth to the Moon
An asteroid designated 2015 TB145 will pass by the Earth at around 1.3 lunar distances (approximately 310,000 miles or about 499,000 km) on October 31 this year. Estimated to be anywhere between 280 to 620 m (918 to 2,034 ft) in diameter and traveling in excess of 126,000 km/h (78,293 mph), the asteroid was discovered less than two weeks ago using the Pan-STARRS array in Hawaii and is the largest object to so closely approach our planet in recent times.
