Two asteroids approach Earth

Two asteroids approach Earth: "Two small asteroids will pass the Earth this week, within the distance of the Moon.

The two objects were discovered on 5 September by Andrea Boattini working with the 1.5 metre reflector at Mount Lemmon in Arizona as part of the Mount Lemmon Survey, which also includes astronomers J. D. Ahern, E. C. Beshore, G. J. Garradd, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, R. E. Hill, R. A. Kowalski, S. M. Larson and R. H. McNaught.

Asteroids and Remote Planets section director for the British Astronomical Association Richard Miles told Astronomy Now that the probable sizes of the two bodies are eight and 12 metres across, with possible ranges of 5-15 and 7-25 metres respectively."