Meanwhile: #Science
2 'potentially hazardous' asteroids will streak by Earth this week, one as big as a mountain.
You can watch it them.
Use this link to watch Asteroid (415029) 2011 UL21 streak past Earth on Thursday,
https://www.virtualtelescope.eu/webtv/
And this link to watch Asteroid 2024 MK fly by on Saturday, June 29, starting at 5:00 p.m. ET.
Asteroid 2011 UL21 falls into a class of space rocks known as "planet killers," which are at least 1.2 miles wide. If one crashed into Earth, it would cause damage on a continental scale, and potentially kick up enough dust to trigger significant climactic changes for many years, LiveScience reported.
Asteroid 2024 MK was first discovered earlier this month, just 13 days before it will pass by Earth at remarkably close range, according to the European Space Agency.
@ecksmc woah thats lowkey terrifying
Asteroid (415029) 2011 UL21 is one of the largest asteroids to have recently passed near Earth, Masi wrote in a press statement.
Stunning New Details From The Largest Asteroid Impact In A Century
https://www.businessinsider.com/details-from-the-chelyabinsk-meteor-2013-11