"Live: Watch Airplane-Size Asteroid's Close Encounter with Earth and Moon Today"
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Astronomers discovered asteroid 2024 BJ earlier this month, and it will pass between Earth and the moon on January 27. The 121-foot-wide space rock will fly by Earth at a distance closer than the moon, reaching its closest point at 12:30 p.m. EST. The Virtual Telescope Project will livestream the event, and the asteroid is not considered hazardous. Scientists have plans in place to deal with potential Earth-threatening asteroids, but such a scenario is not expected in the next 1,000 years.
Topics:science#apollo-asteroids#asteroid-2024-bj#astronomy#near-earth-asteroid#space-rock-flyby#virtual-telescope-project
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