Posted: Apr 17, 2018 3:03 pm
Meanwhile, 2018GE3* a "Tunguska event" sized object (about 65metres across) was discovered in the past few days and passed within half a lunar distance on April 15th. This is the largest and closest near miss observed since Tunguska.
spaceweather.com source - story includes imagery of fly by.
* Orbit here: https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2018%20GE3&orb=1
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"According to wikipedia, 2018 GE3 is the largest known asteroid to pass that close to Earth in observational history," says Jäger. "It was shining like a 13th magnitude star at the time of my observations."
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spaceweather.com source - story includes imagery of fly by.
* Orbit here: https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2018%20GE3&orb=1