Showing posts with label Discover Magazine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Discover Magazine. Show all posts

Saturday, May 16, 2026

Only just discovered on May 10th, Chelyabinsk-size 15-35 meter Asteroid 2026 JH2 will fly by on Monday at only 56,000 miles


 May 10th!

 Yes, out of nowhere, the Sweet Meteor of Death will someday blow us all away without (much) warning, but not today.

From the story here:

... Asteroid 2026 JH2 was initially observed by the Mount Lemmon Survey in Arizona, which uses a 60-inch telescope to detect near-Earth objects like comets and asteroids. ...