Asteroid 2017 BS3 skims earth: In case you missed the asteroid, you can watch it here
ASTEROID 2017 BS32 whizzed past Earth yesterday, coming more than twice as close to our planet as the moon. If you missed the flying space rock, you can watch all the action here.
Watch Asteroid 2017 BS3 live stream highlights here
The asteroid, which measures between 36 and 82 feet across, flew past Earth at an astonishing nearly 26,000 miles per hour at about 8.25pm GMT (3.25pm EST) on February 2.
Robotic telescope service Slooh managed to captured incredible images of the asteroid through the its telescopes in the Canary Islands at the moment of its close approach.
If you missed the asteroid, watch the video below to see Slooh astronomer Eric Edelman counting down to the arrival during Slooh’s live stream yesterday.
Super fast asteroid comes scarily close to Earth
Mr Edelman said that asteroid was the size of a humpback whale or five-storey building and whizzed past Earth at 25,800 miles per hour.
“This is about 16 times faster than a bullet shot out of an AK47,” he told the camera as the asteroid approached our planet.
“It was discovered on January 30th by the PANSTARRS. And it’s going to make its close approach in mere seconds… here comes 2017 BS32.”
This is an image of Asteroid 2017 BS32
The flying space rock was thankfully too small and far away from earth to pose any threat to our plant.
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Asteroids are rocky bodies made of metal and rock that orbit the Sun but are smaller than planets.
A meteoroid is a small chunk of asteroid that enters the Earth’s atmosphere and burns up, creating a flash of light.