SPACE WEATHER

Keep your head down: Asteroid to buzz Earth inside moon's orbit
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/keep-your-head-down-asteroid-buzz-earth-inside-moons-orbit-8C11490883


The space rock was first observed just a few days ago, on Oct. 25, according to data from JPL. The asteroid's path, illustrated in this video animation, will bring it inside the orbit of the moon, which typically circles Earth from a distance of about 239,000 miles (384,600 kilometers).
When it makes its closest approach today at 5:44 p.m. EDT, asteroid 2013 UV3 will pass 0.7 lunar distances from Earth, or 176,000 miles (283,000 km) away.


actually there was a closer one on sunday
 
Wow that's actually really close. Imagine that thing could do some damage.
 
A slight chance of meteor showers with a chance of death!
 
There was a petition awhile ago to the White House to get a Death Star created, but I don't think anything ever came of it. This is exactly the time when we would need something like that. Arrgghh, thanks Obama you've doomed us all!
 
My friend used to have a theory that we turned into comets after we died. I saw a shooting star the next week after he died. :)
 
LD = lunar distance
from earth to the moon
so if its 0.7 then it is between earth and the moon
the one on 10/25 was actually closer 0.4, but it was a lot smaller
 
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