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Three- mile wide asteroid will make a close call with Earth. A massive asteroid that is nearly 3 miles wide had a 'close encounter' with Earth today.

Dubbed 'Florence' after Florence Nightingale, the huge space rock passed just 4. Earth and the moon. According to NASA, this is the closest an asteroid of this size has come since it first began tracking near- Earth objects.  For astronomers, the asteroid will was an unprecedented opportunity to study it up close through ground- based radar observations. Scroll down for video The big asteroid 3. Florence, as seen by the Virtual Telescope Project on Aug. Earth. HOW TO SEE ITTo see the asteroid, you'll need binoculars or a telescope. Florence is most visible at 1.

BST (0. 8: 0. 6 ET) on 1 September as it crosses between the constellations Equuleus and Delphinus. The best places to see it pass on Friday is from Australia, New Zealand and surrounding areas as it will be night when it reaches its closest approach. North America will get a good view at local midnight about eight hours prior to its closest approach at 0. ET. It will also be visible on Friday night local time when it gets dark again - 1. For people in Europe, Friday night will be the best time to catch it - around 1.

A massive asteroid that is nearly 3 miles wide had a 'close encounter' with Earth today. Dubbed 'Florence' after Florence Nightingale, the huge space rock passed just. How the Finch Stole Christmas! By Donna Andrews. As in her previous Christmas mysteries, Six Geese a-Slaying, Duck the Halls, and. The And I Must Scream trope as used in popular culture. A character suffers from an extremely horrifying Fate Worse Than Death. Suicide is not an option;.

If people are unable to see it, the Virtual Telescope Project will be featuring a live stream of Florence starting on 3. August at 2. 0: 3. BST/ 1. 5: 3. 0 ET. The best time to view will be late evening, when it's high overhead. Although Florence reaches peak brightness (magnitude 8. Thursday night (August 3.

September 1st), it should remain nearly this bright for several days before and afterwards. It will be gliding northward by a little less than the full Moon's diameter each hour, motion that should be obvious by watching the asteroid's starlike pinpoint through a telescope for just a few minutes. Nearly two thirds of NEAs (near- Earth Asteroids) have a satellite and according to Nasa if Florence does have a partner chances are we will spot it in the coming days. 'Despite some interference from moonlight, 3.

Florence should be fairly easy to spot in even modest backyard telescopes,' notes Kelly Beatty, a senior editor at Sky & Telescope magazine. The best time to view will be late evening, when it's high overhead. Although Florence reaches peak brightness tonight it should remain nearly this bright for several days before and afterwards. Watch Preacher`S Kid Online Mic.

It will be gliding northward by a little less than the full moon's diameter each hour, motion that should be obvious by watching the asteroid's star- like pinpoint through a telescope for just a few minutes. Florence appears this bright, despite being far away, both because it's among the largest near- Earth asteroids and it has a fairly bright surface that reflects more than 2.

In comparison, the Moon's average reflectivity is just 1. While it may sound alarming, NASA says asteroid Florence will safely fly past Earth at a distance of about 4. It's not the closest encounter our planet has seen with an NEO, but for this distance, the experts say it is the largest.'While many known asteroids have passed by closer to Earth than Florence will on September 1, all of those were estimated to be smaller,' said Paul Chodas, manager of NASA's Center for Near- Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.'Florence is the largest asteroid to pass by our planet this close since the NASA program to detect and track near- Earth asteroids began.'The asteroid, named for Florence Nightingale, was first spotted in 1.

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September will be the closest it's come to Earth since 1. It was first discovered in Siding Spring observatory in Australia by asteroid hunter Schelte J Bus on the night of 2 March 1. And, it won't come this close again until 2,5. Lots of these Earth- approachers are only visible for a matter of hours in amateur scopes before they precipitously fade from view', according to Bob King writing in Sky & Telescope. Although Florence reaches peak brightness on Friday night it should remain nearly this bright for several days before and afterwards. Note that the labelled dates on this chart mark the asteroid's location at 0: 0. Universal Time (0. BST/ 2. 0: 0. 0 ET the previous day).

The two dark areas, labelled Chart A and Chart B, correspond to the detailed charts further down. It will be gliding northward by a little less than the full Moon's diameter each hour, motion that should be obvious by watching the asteroid's star- like pinpoint through a telescope for just a few minutes. Note that the labelled dates on this chart mark the asteroid's location at 2.

ET (0. 4: 0. 0 BST the following day)'They're just so tiny and move so fast. Not Florence. It's neither tiny nor in a terrible hurry. Matter of fact, it's a beast'.'Some of you will be able to pick it up in binoculars, and anyone with a 4- inch or larger telescope should kill it.'The asteroid is large enough to end life as we know it if it hits, but NASA says this won't happen this week. A 2. Earth. An impact of this size would have a 'very severe global impact' for several years and would cause the world to become a much darker, colder and drier place, experts say. At 2. 7 miles wide (4. Florence could be devastating to life as we know it.

However, it would take an asteroid around 6 miles wide (9. National Center for Atmospheric Research. Although a collision will not be happening this year, a very small change in an asteroid's motion - only be a few millimetres a second - can cause the asteroid to change trajectory. While it may sound alarming, NASA says asteroid Florence will safely fly past Earth at a distance of about 4.

It's not the closest encounter our planet has seen with an NEO, but for this distance, the experts say it is the largest. This means that Florence could potentially pose a risk to life on Earth in years to come should its orbit change marginally. It culminates at 1. BST (0. 8: 0. 6 ET) on 1st September as it crosses between the constellations Equuleus and Delphinus. The best places to see it pass on Friday is from Australia, New Zealand and surrounding areas as it will be night when it reaches its closest approach.

According to NASA, it will even be visible to small telescopes in late August and early September, when it brightens to the ninth magnitude. ASTEROID 'FLORENCE' Asteroid Florence was first spotted in 1. It will fly past Earth at a distance of about 4. Earth- moon distances. This is the closest an asteroid this large has come since NASA began its NEO- tracking program. The flyby in September will be the closest it's come to Earth since 1.

And, it won't come this close again until 2,5. North America will get a good view at local midnight about eight hours prior to its closest approach at 0. ET with the next good viewing moment 1. For people in Europe, Friday night will be the best time to catch it - around 1. If people are unable to see it, the Virtual Telescope Project will be featuring a live stream of Florence starting on 3. August at 2. 0: 3.

BST/ 1. 5: 3. 0 ET. It will take around an hour to travel a distance 2/3 the diameter of the Full Moon. During this time, it will pass through the constellations Piscis Austrinus, Capricornus, Aquarius and Delphinus. NASA scientists will use ground- based radar to observe its features up close, using radar imaging NASA's Goldstone Solar System Radar in California and at the National Science Foundation's Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.