Asteroid GA6 2010 Will Pass Earth

Newly Discovered Asteroid 2010 GA6 Safely Passes Earth adn Asteroid Passes within Lunar Orbit

The asteroid, named 2010 GA6, came as close as 270,000 miles or 434,000 kilometers within the planet. That’s just a little bit slight within the range of the moon’s orbit. It was first projected to approach within a closer range of 223,000 miles or 359,000 kilometers.

2010 GA6 is 71 feet or 22 meters wide. It hurled passed the planet at around 1906H PDT. It was discovered only very recently by the astronomers and the Catalina Sky Survey in Tucson, Arizona.

Asteroid 2010 GA6 To Buzz Earth Today

Unknown to most people, a much smaller asteroid passed even closer to Earth in January, but it was so minor that it was not considered a danger at all. Had 2010 GA6 been just a little closer to the Earth, it could have been potentially bad for us. Even though the asteroid will be closer to the Earth than the moon is, when it goes past, most will not be able to see it because of its small size.

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