California-JP: NASA piece of space rock measuring half the length of a football field would pass close to Earth on Monday, June 27, 2011, at 20:30 pm. I was so close, this asteroid can be seen with the naked eye from a few regions on earth.
Pieces of rock that it was approaching Earth asteroid 2011 MD-sized to 45 meters. Astronomers estimate the asteroid will pass close to one times the diameter of the earth.
Asteroid discovery is done by robotic telescope in New Mexico, United States. Furthermore, Peter Birthwhistle, asteroid hunters of his private observatory in Great Shefford, Berkshire, England, which confirmed the arrival of this asteroid.
At the closest, the asteroid is above the heavens during the Antarctic as far as 12,800 kilometers. Unfortunately, the area crossed by the asteroid is likely unoccupied so that no human being to be an eyewitness.
Several hours after the close, the asteroid will pass over America, the Pacific Ocean, and East Asia. The more to the east, the landscape will be more clear asteroids. Two of the best areas to observe this asteroid is Australia and New Zealand, which is half an hour before the asteroid reaches the closest distance.
"It takes a telescope to see this asteroid," said Tony Flanders of Sky and Telescope.
Survey conducted by the United States Space Administration (NASA) showed 8 thousand rocks floating around the earth. About 1,200 of them classified as dangerous because of rock that can be drawn into the Earth's atmosphere. Asteroid 2011 MD is not going to fall to earth.
"We believe the asteroid 2011 MD is not going to hit Earth. If this rock into the atmosphere, will be entirely burned, "said British expert asteroid, Emily Baldwin
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