Potentially hazardous asteroid 2000 EM26 zipping by Earth on close approach on February 17
Friday, February 14, 2014 - 10:01
in Astronomy & Space
On February 17th a near-Earth asteroid (NEA), 2000 EM26, with an estimated diameter of three football fields (270 meters) and traveling at approximately 27,000 mph (12.37 km/s), will come racing by Earth on its close approach. This is a subtle reminder of the dangers of asteroid impacts just one year after two historic events took place on February 15, 2013 (see details below).