2011MD Asteroid to Glide Past South Atlantic Today

Asteroid 2011MD, measuring about 10 to 50 yards, will be passing Earth on Monday at a distance close enough to have drawn the interest of scientists.

This distance is approximately 30 times closer to Earth than the existing distance between the planet and the moon, which is approximately 240,000 miles.

At 7,500 miles or 12,000 kilometers, the asteroid poses no real threat to the planet but since it will be flying at the same level several satellites’ orbits are located, NASA announced chances of it hitting one of them.

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