Small asteroid to pass close to Earth March 5

Well, I can't say I'm surprised:

A small asteroid that two years ago flew past Earth at a comfortable distance of about 1.3 million miles (2 million kilometers) will safely fly by our planet again in a few weeks, though this time it may be much closer.

Here's the rest of the story. user link on phys.org

Certainly noteworthy, I guess.

Definitely.

They rules.

Where did they find two? I sounds like a good thing.

How nice

Maricela_gill, where do you hail from?

It sounds scary that so many asteroids come by Earth but it's just that they've started monitoring them more closely. It's actually a relief that we can track most of these.

Makes you wonder - if one WAS going to hit, would it be made publicly known?

I think if an asteroid were on a collision course with Earth, NASA would not be able to stay totally quiet about it. Additionally, there would be enough independent astronomers whom would become aware of it to keep it quiet.

Don't worry... we'd know. It wouldn't be very pleasant, but we'd know.