Here Are Latest NASA Images Of Christmas Eve Asteroid

Geo Beats 2015-12-24

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Those eager to catch a glimpse of the asteroid slated to zip past Earth on Christmas Eve are being given a sneak peek at the massive space rock.

Those eager to catch a glimpse of the asteroid slated to zip past Earth on Christmas Eve are being given a sneak peek at the massive space rock. 

NASA shared the highest resolution images gathered to date of the speeding object known as 2003 SD220. 

The data was collected between December 17th and 22nd by the Deep Space Network’s antenna, located in Goldstone, California. 

During that time, the asteroid was getting closer to our planet, moving from a location 7.3 million miles away to one near its estimated final proximity of 6.8 million miles.

NASA assures all that is a perfectly safe distance and nothing terrible is expected to happen to Santa, the reindeer, or anyone else.

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