A giant asteroid will make a flyby of Earth over the next few days, and armchair astronomers can watch the action live on their computers. The near-Earth asteroid 4179 Toutatis, which is about 3 miles (5 kilometers) wide, will zoom within 4.3 million miles (7 million kilometers) of Earth during its closest approach early Wednesday morning (Dec. 12). read more
Huge Asteroid to Pass Earth Tonight A giant asteroid will make a flyby of Earth over the next few days. The asteroid 4179 Toutatis is about 3 miles wide and will come within 4.3 million miles of Earth during its closest approach around 9 o’clock tonight (GMT). read more
Where To See It It is coming from the direction of the Sun and then flying away from us, and while it will not be visible to the naked eye, a small telescope will be enough to watch it go for a night or two. read more