Look up in the sky – It's a bird, it's a plane, no, it's an Asteroid

Yesterday, a large asteroid will pass the Earth within the moon's orbit.  Asteroid 2005 YU55, roughly the size of a large jumbo jet, will safely pass the Earth on its journey through space.  The last time an asteroid of this sized passed the Earth was in 1976.  According to NASA, the asteriod will pass at some 201,700 miles from the center of the Earth, or 0.85 times the distance of the moon to the Earth.  We won't feel any of the gravitational effects of the asteroid passing.  The picture was taking by a radio space antenna on November 7, 2011 at 11:45am US PST.  Take a moment to look upwards at the heavens today and realize that a gia

The Gadgeteer, Look up in the sky â€" It's a bird, it's a plane, no, it's an Asteroid