Surprise Asteroid Fly-by! Earth's Un-Welcomed Neighbor's Orbit

Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 16:00 in Astronomy & Space

Recently discovered bus-sized asteroid 2012 BX34 will come closer to Earth than the Moon (36,750 miles away to be exact) on January 27th, 2012. See the orbit the space rock has and will take from January 10th to February 15th.

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