A large space rock known to scientists as 481394 (2006 SF6) will make its closest approach to Earth in just a couple of weeks. NASA scientists believe it will pass our lively little sphere on November 20th, coming within 0.029 astronomical units of Earth. That’s close enough that NASA considers the rock to be a potentially hazardous object, but it looks like it’s going to miss us this time around.
I know, 0.029 sure sounds like a close miss — and in the grand scheme of things, you could argue that it is — but astronomical units (au) are huge. 1au is the average distance between the Earth and our Sun, which is nearly 93 million miles. That means 2006 SF6 will still be around 2.7 million miles away from our planet when it passes by.
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An asteroid as large as 2,000 feet across will speed past Earth later this month originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 6 Nov 2019 at 14:57:55 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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