Asteroid to Fly Within Moon's Orbit Tomo

A small, newly discovered asteroid will pass within the distance from the Earth to the moon this weekend, and you can watch its approach live online today (June 7).

The space rock, called 2013 LR6,is between 16-53 feet wide (5-16 meters) and is in no danger of hitting the Earth, experts say. The garbage truck-size asteroid's closest approach will bring it about 68,351 miles (110,000 km) above the surface of the planet tomorrow.

You can watch atoday that features views and expert commentary hosted by the Virtual Telescope Project in Italy beginning at 3:30 p.m. EDT (1930 GMT). You can also follow the broadcast directly through the .

"It is a very safe distance, so it will be a great show!" astrophysicist Gianluca Masi with the Virtual Telescope Project wrote in a statement.

At the time of the webcast, the asteroid will be about 186,411 miles (300,000 km) away, Masi said.

Tomorrow, when it makes its closest approach, the space rock will be visible from only the Southern Hemisphere. The asteroid, at a magnitude of about 16.5 on the astronomers' brightness scale, is too dim to be seen with the naked eye.

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Asteroid to Fly Within Moon's Orbit Tomo