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A Newfound Asteroid (NEO) About the Size of a City Block – “2013 NE19″ was Discovered Just Last Monday (July 15)
Tuesday, July 23, 2013 11:26
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A newfound asteroid about the size of a football field will cruise past Earth tonight (July 22), and you can follow all the action SLOOH Space Camera video
Asteroid 2013 NE19, which was discovered just last Monday (July 15), will be quite faint, making it a difficult target for backyard observers. But it should be readily visible in Slooh’s remote-controlled telescope, Slooh officials said.
Watch the video: - A Newfound Asteroid (NEO) About the Size of a City Block – Its Closest Approach to Earth Was on July 22,2013 (SLOOH Space Camera video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0IeXCN11Zg
The near-Earth asteroid 2013 NE19, estimated to be between 194 feet and 426 feet wide (59 to 130 meters), passed within 2.6 million miles (4.2 million kilometers) of Earth tonight — about 11 times the distance between our planet and the moon.
There was no danger to strike Earth on this pass, scientists said.
