Asteroid Flyby Live Stream; City Block Sized 2013 EC to Buzz Earth on March 9 [VIDEO]
Another giant asteroid will buzz by Earth on March 9 that will be broadcasted live online.
The asteroid known as 2013 EC was discovered on March 3 by the Catalina Sky Survey based at the University of Arizona, according to Space.com.
It is reportedly around the size of a city block at about 330 feet in width.
The asteroid will pass between the Moon and Earth at about a distance of 600,000 miles from the planet, which is over 20 times farther away than another asteroid that buzzed by in February, according to The BBC.
The latest asteroid follows 2012 DA14 which came with the record breaking approach at approximately 12,200 miles away from Earth on Feb. 15, according to Fox News. The space rock weighed roughly 143,000 tons and measured around 148 feet long, about half the size of a football field.
A similar asteroid struck Earth in 1908 known as the Tunguska event when an asteroid that measured around 131 feet long completely flattened over 772 square miles of a forest in Siberia, according to USA Today.
Unlike asteroid 2012 DA14, amateur stargazers will likely not be able to view the new space rock with a backyard telescope as it is not quite bright enough.
However, sky watchers will be able to view the asteroid online as two live broadcasts of the event will be available.
A live stream of the flyby will be provided from the Slooh Space Telescope with images taken from the Canary Island observatory.
The webcast will also feature discussions by Slooh president Patrick Paolucci, Slooh engineer Paul Cox, and documentary filmmaker Duncan Copp.
The Slooh live stream begins on Saturday 3:15 p.m. ET.
Another live stream will be provided by Italy's Virtual Telescope Project that will begin on March 8 at 2 p.m. ET.
