Watch Potentially Hazardous Asteroid Whip Past Earth

By Garry Rogers @Garry_Rogers

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A giant space rock three times the size of football field is about to sail past Earth. Its passage will be broadcast live around the world via the web.  Near ­Earth Asteroid (NEO), 2000 EM26, measuring 885 feet (270 meters) across and traveling at a speed of 27,000 miles per hour will zip by our planet on Monday, February…

Garry Rogers insight:

Nine times the distance to the moon is safe, any miss is safe, but bullets whizzing by are always a concern.

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