Get out your binoculars or telescopes! Monday, January 26 will be the closest asteroid 2004 BL86 will get to Earth for at least the next 200 years and you might be able to see it. Thats a rare opportunity for most of us. While it poses no threat to Earth for the foreseeable future, its a relatively close approach by a relatively large asteroid, so it provides us a unique opportunity to observe and learn more, Don Yeomans, the recently retired manager of NASAs Near Earth Object Program Office. Thanks to our friends at NASA. jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4441
Posted on: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 20:38:50 +0000
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