Mile-wide, potentially hazardous asteroid 2003 SD220 to swoosh by Earth on Saturday
Thursday, December 20, 2018 - 09:40
in Astronomy & Space
A potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA), designated 2003 SD220 (or 163899), is expected to fly by the Earth on Saturday, December 22, at around 1:04 UTC. The space rock, estimated to be about a mile wide (1.6 kilometers), will pass by our planet at a distance of approximately 7.34 lunar distances (LD), what corresponds to 1.75 million miles (2.81 million kilometers).