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An asteroid the size of a city block, will make its close approach to Earth Sunday evening (July 22) - just 39 days after newly discovered asteroid 2012 LZ1 paid an unexpected visit to Earth.
Slooh Space Camera will cover its near-approach live on http://www.slooh.com, free to the public.
Asteroid 2002 AM31 has no chance of hitting Earth this weekend, scientists say, though it is on the watch list as an object that may one day pose a future concern. The space rock is listed as a "potentially hazardous asteroid" by the Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Mass.
Asteroid 2002 AM31 was discovered in 2002. It's being tracked by radar by astronomers at NASA's deep-space radio antenna in Goldstone, Calif., and at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico for its weekend flyby.
“One of our missions at Slooh is to provide the public with free, live views on fascinating celestial happenings,” said Patrick Paolucci, President at Slooh.
Source:- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48262053/ns/technology_and_science-space/#.UApjwapiLjY
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