Asteroid 231937 wide as the Golden Gate Bridge to fly past Earth in March

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An asteroid as wide as the Golden Gate Bridge is long will hurtle past Earth next month. Although it will be the biggest and speediest asteroid to fly by our planet this year, there's no reason to panic.

The space rock, officially called 231937 (2001 FO32), is about 0.5 to 1 mile (0.8 to 1.7 kilometers) in diameter and will come within 1.25 million miles (2 million kilometers) of Earth at 11:03 a.m. EST (16:03 GMT) on March 21.

Close enough and large enough to be classified as "potentially hazardous," according to a database published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
An asteroid is designated as "potentially hazardous" when its orbit intersects with Earth's at a distance of no more than about 4.65 million miles (7.5 million km) and it is bigger than about 500 feet (140 meters) in diameter, according to NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). 

If you have a telescope with an aperture of at least 8 inches (20 centimeters), you might be able to spot the fast-moving space rock, according to EarthSky.
To catch a glimpse in the southern U.S., point your telescope south-southeast between the constellations of Sagittarius and Corona Australis at 4:45 a.m. EST on March 20.

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[bionic 50,111]

Dropping off space COVID in its wake, no doubt

[vyniildisk 12,689]

[Sneaky Oliver 22,974]

hm 2020's final act of human annihilation, I see  inb4 Miss Rona spreads even in that asteroid

[LaLuna 12,732]

When I was younger that kind of thing terrified me but now... not so much 

[xoxo Craig 55,649]

Come on sour space rock

[LGMonster95 13,704]

There's a site that tracks pretty much every near asteroid discovered that calculates what's going to be their closest approach to Earth. It's pretty interesting (and also you can always come and check for yourself whenever you see a BS article on the internet) https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/

[GagaSine 7,464]

I hope it lands on my town tbh 

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8 minutes ago, GagaSine said:

I hope it lands on my town tbh 

this

[Stupid Oreo 14,669]

2 hours ago, LaLuna said:

When I was younger that kind of thing terrified me but now... not so much 

we all are sick of covid-life so every possible apocalyptic death source is a blessing

[Levine 23,958]

Space is so fascintating to me

[Ivy 13,720]

I'm the only one who's nervous I guess 

[Magneto 13,546]

It's like we can never catch a break SMH 

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56 minutes ago, Ivy said:

I'm the only one who's nervous I guess 

 

9 minutes ago, Magneto said:

It's like we can never catch a break SMH 

you shouldn't worry, we'll be fine 

[homomo 23,883]

Just watched Greenland recently and this doesn’t make my anxiety better