We have an asteroid named 2010 TD54 coming so close we could almost have to duck.  Probably by the time you read this the asteroid will be beyond Earth and departing.

Right,  thankfully that means this object isn’t going to hit us.  2010 TD54 is only 6 to 7 meters (19 to 22 feet +/-) but it IS going to pass by at a very close 46,000 km (yes that’s just 28.580 miles!). Hey that’s not much further than our geosynchronous satellites!

The pass is supposed be at 1050 UTC , that’s 6:50 EDT.  They don’t really have the time nailed down super good, so that’s plus or minus 10 minutes.

Hopefully there will be some images of this asteroid and I’ll post links when they become available.   The asteroid is right on the ragged edge for my being able to spot it with my 10 inch Meade, I might give it a go all the same.

Pretty good though, a six to seven meter sized object spotted two days, well three before the flyby.  Way to go MT Lemmon Survey.

Here are some links:

JPL Small Object Database

NEODyS 2010TD54 Close Approaches