An asteroid around the size of a football field will travel past Earth tonight, July 22.
The near-Earth asteroid, 2013 NE19, will pass within 2.6 million miles of Earth tonight, according to Space.com. That’s about 11 times the distance between our planet and the moon.
Slooh, which is broadcasting the live stream, says at its closest point to Earth the asteroid will be traveling at 64,000 miles per hour--about the same speed as Earth itself, making it hard to capture on camera.
“Slooh’s imaging technology and high altitude location in the Canary Islands are well suited for a tricky object like this, which may be impossible for garden variety set-ups to capture,” said Michael Paolucci, CEO of Slooh, in a statement.
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