Asteroid Flyby

Newly-discovered asteroid 2009 DD45 is about to fly past Earth only 73,000 km away (0.2 AU). The space rock is about 35 meters in diameter, similar in size to the Tunguska impactor of 1908. At closest approach on March 2nd, around 1400 UT (6 a.m. PST), 2009 DD45 will speed through the constellation Virgo shining as brightly as an 11th magnitude star. [This report was found on SpaceWeather.com]