NASA: Near-Earth-Asteroid 2014 UR116 No Threat to Earth
Some recent press reports have suggested that an asteroid designated 2014
UR116, found on 2014 October 27, at the MASTER-II observatory in Kislovodsk,
Russia, represents an impact threat to the Earth. While this approximately
400-meter sized asteroid has a three year orbital period around the sun
and returns to the Earth's neighborhood periodically, it does not represent
a threat because its orbital path does not pass sufficiently close to
the Earth's orbit.
Short animation of NASA images showing the rotation of the second largest Near-Earth-Object, Asteroid 433 Eros, which was visited by the Near Earth Asteroid - Shoe...