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Giant asteroid to “narrowly miss the Earth”
A graphic showing the predicted trajectory of asteroid 2004 BL86
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A graphic showing the predicted trajectory of asteroid 2004 BL86 Nasa/JPL-Caltech/PA
Charlotte Lytton
Last updated at 4:20PM, January 18 2015
Binoculars at the ready: a huge asteroid measuring a third of a mile in width will pass close to Earth next week.
The space rock - named “2004 BL86” - comes closest on January 26, and is expected to reach a point around 745,000 miles from the planet, roughly three times the distance to the Moon.
It will be the closest any asteroid comes to earth until 2027, when the 1999 AN10 may approach as close as 19,000 miles.
Dr Don Yeomans, the head of Nasa’s Near-Earth Object Programme, explained: “While the [2004 BL86] poses no threat to earth for the foreseeable
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Giant asteroid to “narrowly miss the Earth”
A graphic showing the predicted trajectory of asteroid 2004 BL86
Nasa/JPL-Caltech/PA
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A graphic showing the predicted trajectory of asteroid 2004 BL86 Nasa/JPL-Caltech/PA
Charlotte Lytton
Last updated at 4:20PM, January 18 2015
Binoculars at the ready: a huge asteroid measuring a third of a mile in width will pass close to Earth next week.
The space rock - named “2004 BL86” - comes closest on January 26, and is expected to reach a point around 745,000 miles from the planet, roughly three times the distance to the Moon.
It will be the closest any asteroid comes to earth until 2027, when the 1999 AN10 may approach as close as 19,000 miles.
Dr Don Yeomans, the head of Nasa’s Near-Earth Object Programme, explained: “While the [2004 BL86] poses no threat to earth for the foreseeable
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Behind the story:
Massive asteroid is hurtling towards Earth, says scientist
A giant asteroid that cr
