See How Close Asteroid YU55 Will Come To Hitting Earth On Tuesday!

On Tuesday, November 8 2011, the asteroid 2005 YU55 will pass near Earth between our planet and the moon. This is the closest an asteroid of this size has passed by our planet in 35 years, and the next known approach by a similar-sized space rock will be in 2028. As seen in the animation below, the trajectory of asteroid 2005 YU55 will clearly miss Earth, coming within around 200k miles, or a 0.85 the distance from the moon to our planet. (hopefully!)

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ANIMATION: See how close asteroid YU55 will come to hitting Earth on Tuesday!