BUT CAN WE GET BACK TO THIS KIND OF EXCITEMENT AGAIN SOON?

 Although it may not seem all that close, it’s close enough buy astronomical  terms.  In laymen terms – It’s as close as getting to a Cav’s playoff game this year.  It will be played right here in our own backyard  but most will not actually see it live. 

 The asteroids  closest pass-by will be closer to Earth than our own Moon is.  The asteroid is approximately 71 feet wide, and was discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey in Tucson, Arizona. It will come nearest to Earth at about 2300 GMT Thursday.  I wonder if it’s against the law to use one of those laser pointers on it as it goes by?

 Fly-bys of near-Earth objects within the moon’s orbit occur every few weeks. And that’s not counting last years ”Boy in the UFO balloon” incident.

So don’t forget to look up in the sky tonight, at whatever time 2300 GMT is, and give a friendly wave to a passing object foreign to our atmosphere.    I wonder if the asteroid charges extra for carry on baggage?