Asteroid Zips Past Moon on July 22

Near Earth asteroid 2002 AM31 passed by Earth on July 22. At its closest approach, the city-block sized asteroid passed 5.2 km from Earth, equivalent to 13.7 lunar distances. The asteroid posed no danger to the planet.

Slooh Space Camera  has achieved widespread recognition for providing live coverage of such passing asteroids via webcast. Below, watch Slooh’s live coverage of asteroid 2002 AM31 from its Canary Island space telescope.