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What time is the asteroid passing earth today?

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The asteroid 2017 VR12 passed within about 898,000 miles (1.4 million kilometers) at its closest point during the flyby. That's about 3.8 times the average distance between the Earth and moon (about 238,855 miles or 384,400 km), NASA officials said. [In Photos: Potentially Dangerous Asteroids]. read more

A huge asteroid will become the largest space rock of its kind to pass closest to Earth until 2027 today (Jan. 26) when it zooms safely by Earth beyond the orbit of the moon. You can see the space rock's flyby live online. read more

The path of Asteroid 2014 JO25 as it makes a close pass by Earth, coming to within 4.6 times the distance between Earth and the moon. read more

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