June 27, 2011, Large Asteroid Earth Approach

A newly detected asteroid was on his way to Earth. Fortunately, it is estimated, at theclosest point on 27 June, an asteroid the size of a house it would just pass near Earthwith a distance of 17,700 kilometers.

For information, a distance of 17,700 kilometers is a very close distance, which is 23times closer than the distance of Earth to the Moon.

Proximity and magnitude of the asteroid, named 2011 MD that will allow sky observerswho use even small telescopes can see. The closest point to Earth asteroids will occurat 13:26 GMT or about 20:26 pm.

Quoted from Universe Today, asteroid 2011 MD recently discovered on June 22 last byLINEAR, a pair of robotic telescopes in New Mexico, United States. The telescope is able to scan the region of the sky to find asteroids near Earth.

Currently, the asteroid 2011 MD is estimated to have widths ranging from 9 to 45meters. According to Emily Baldwin, an astronomer at the Astronomy Now, this asteroiddoes not endanger life on Earth.

"There is no potential that it will hit Earth," said Baldwin. "Even if he entered theatmosphere, it will burn out and broken into small pieces," he said.
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