On Thursday at 07:41 CEST, asteroid 2012 TC4, a Chelyabinsk-size asteroid spotted by ESA and ESO this past summer, will graze Earth. While there’s no chance of any impact, see how ESA experts are supporting the international effort to detect and mitigate future asteroid risks.
Asteroid 2012 TC4 – ESA experts respond
There is great deal of media interest in tomorrow’s flyby of asteroid 2012 TC4, which will make an unusually close pass to Earth at a distance of just 43,780 km at 07:41 CEST – that’s well inside the orbit of the Moon and indeed, closer than some satellites. The chunk of space rock is about as big a…
