Newly discovered asteroid 2014 BR57 passes by Earth on Wednesday: Four space rocks race near Terra this week

Four asteroids are racing in Earth’s proximity this week and the names of the competitors are: 2000 EM26, 2014 BR57, 1995 CR and 2014 CR. As 2000 EM26 made already its closest approach, now we are about to welcome the next racer: newly-discovered 2014 BR57

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4 asteroids involved in a relay race near Earth in 3rd week of February (NASA/JPL-Caltech)

2000 EM26, a huge asteroid the size of three football fields (885 feet in diameter), just buzzed our planet from 8.8 lunar distances on Monday night. However, we did not escape the “threat” posed by the space rocks as another asteroid, discovered only this year, is scheduled to visit Earth’s neighborhood on Wednesday. As if that wasn’t enough, there is one more coming in on Thursday/Friday and the session will be closed on 24 Feb. when the last object will make its flyby.

Asteroid 2014 BR57, measures 71 meters and is set to pass “close” to Earth on February 20, 2014 at 16:58 UT and its closest approach equals 4.4-lunar distances, long enough not to put the planet at risk.

Just hours later, 1995 CR is gonna pay us a visit without interfering to much. 1995 CR, is a 210-meter potentially hazardous asteroid which gets as close as 7.6 lunar distances on 21 Feb. 2014 at 11:08 UT. There will be also live coverage of it on 20 Feb. 2014, as of 20:00 UT.

The last racer, the near-Earth object 2014 CR, is scheduled to brush the planet on 24 February at 00:21 UT, at 8.3 lunar distances.
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So, 18-24 February turns out to be a very thrilling period for astronomy fans.

For your information, the average distance between Earth and the Moon is 384,400 kilometers.

“We continue to discover these potentially hazardous asteroids — sometimes only days before they make their close approaches to Earth,” Slooh’s technical and research director, Paul Cox said in a statement. “Slooh’s asteroid research campaign is gathering momentum with our members employing the Slooh robotic telescopes to monitor this large population of potentially hazardous space rocks. We must find them before they find us!”

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