Asteroid Florence will soon pass Earth

[tony873004]

Florence is a miles-wide asteroid that will come within 4.4 million miles of Earth on September 1. That's very close for an asteroid this size.

On my twitter is an animation and a link to a simulation of Florence as viewed from Earth. It comes from the southern sky and disappears to the north.

https://twitter.com/tony873004/status/901883012589150208

 

[Vanadium 50]

That's very close for an asteroid this size.

Next one appears to be in 2027, although there's one a little smaller in 2019.

Amusing fact - for km sized asteroids, the rate is the same in the future as the past. For ~100m sized, there are many more in the future.