Author: Universtiy of Hawaii, Manoa

  • Newly discovered large asteroid will make flyby on Halloween

    A large near-Earth asteroid named 2015 TB145, discovered on October 10 by the University of HawaiĘ»i’s Pan-STARRS1 Telescope atop Haleakala, Maui, will pass close to Earth on October 31. The asteroid has a diameter of approximately 400 meters (1,300 feet), and will pass within approximately 480,000 km (300,000 miles) of Earth.  There is no possibility of this…