Asteroid 2005 YU55

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By: Mike Wall Published: 05/14/2012 02:41 PM EDT on SPACE.com An asteroid the size of a school bus gave Earth a close shave yesterday (May 13), passing well inside the orbit of the moon, but our planet was never in any danger of being hit. The near-Earth asteroid 2012 JU, which is thought to be about 40 feet (12 meters) wide, came within 119,000 miles (191,500 kilometers) or so of our planet before zooming off into deep space, according to NASA's Near-Earth Object Program at the Jet...Read Full Story

According to a report from The Associated Press, an asteroid the size of an aircraft carrier came quite close to Earth on Tuesday of this week. It was the closest encounter of that large of an object in more than 30 years. Credit: NASA/A radar image of asteroid 2005 YU55 taken on Monday. Here is a snippet from the article: Its closest approach to Earth was pegged at a distance of 202,000 miles at 6:28 p.m. EST. That’s just inside the moon‘s orbit; the average distance between Earth and...Read Full Story

Asteroid 2005 YU55 will pass within the Moon's orbit of Earth in a few hours, but there's nothing to fear from this gigantic chunk of flying space rock. Space scientists have been able to map the asteroid's trajectory, showing that it poses no threat to either Earth or the Moon. Despite its calculated trajectory, Asteroid 2005 YU55 is classified as a potentially hazardous object due to its estimated size of approximately 200 meters across, and closest calculated proximity to Earth, about...Read Full Story

A 1300-foot-wide (400 meters) asteroid, which is more than one and a half times the length of a soccer pitch, will pass within 0.85 lunar distances of the Earth on November 8/9, 2011. Discovered on December 28, 2005 by Robert McMillan of the Spacewatch Program near Tucson, Arizona, 2005 YU55 is believed to be a very dark, nearly spherical object. According to NASA’s Near Earth Object Program: “Although classified as a potentially hazardous object, 2005 YU55 poses no threat of an Earth...Read Full Story