BY KATHERINE HIGNETT ON 6/4/18 AT 5:38 AM NewsWeek On Saturday morning, the Catalina Sky Survey near Tucson, Arizona, caught a glimpse of an asteroid racing toward Earth. Churning through the data at top speed, astronomers at the Minor Planet Center and NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) confirmed that the space rock was on a collision course for our planet. Luckily for us earthlings,
Asteroid 2018 KW1 is currently 0.39 lunar distance away. The close approach date is 2018-May-23 Orbital diagram can be found here NASA JPL Small-Body Database Browser
Asteroid 2018 KE1 is currently 10.76 lunar distance away. The close approach date is 2018-Jun-01 Orbital diagram can be found here NASA JPL Small-Body Database Browser Asteroid 2018 KF1 is currently 2.24 lunar distance away. The close approach date is 2018-May-21 Orbital diagram can be found here NASA JPL Small-Body Database Browser
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