Russian-Meteor-Sized Space Rock Seen Flying By Earth | Video

Monday, March 4, 2013 - 16:00 in Astronomy & Space

The Virtual Telescope Project's Gianluca Masi captured the asteroid on March 3rd, 2013 on approach to its minimum distance from Earth (~246,000 miles, about the distance of the Moon). Look for the small bright speck in the center of the screen.

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