Big asteroid 2001 FO32 captured ahead of Earth flyby

Gianluca Masi from the Virtual Telescope Project captured imagery of asteroid 2001 FO32 on March 19, 2021. It will fly by Earth at a distance of 1.25 million miles away (2 million km) on March 21. Full Story: https://www.space.com/big-asteroid-2001-fo32-earth-flyby-march-2021

Credit: Space.com | imagery: Gianluca Masi / Virtual Telescope Project | orbit animation: NASA/JPL-Caltech | produced & edited by Steve Spaleta (http://www.twitter.com/stevespaleta)