Asteroid 2011MD is going to pass within 7600 miles (12300 kilometers) of earth at 1pm EST today (June 27). Experts say there is no chance it will hit the earth today. It will pass nearest the southern Atlantic Ocean.
The asteroid is estimated to be 5 to 20 meters in diameter. If it actually were to hit Earth it would most likely blow up in the atmosphere. So, no worries.
NASA tracks these things. They have the Near Earth Object Program which tracks what they can and lets the public know what may hit earth. This asteroid was discovered by the LINEAR near-Earth object discovery team observing from Socorro, New Mexico. You can visit their site for full details.
This is another great thing NASA is doing. Who doesn't want near earth objects tracked? But their annual budget is less than the air conditioning costs for tents in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. See my previous blog complaining about this issue. http://elephanttoenailreport.blogspot.com/2011/06/iraq-and-afghanistan-cooling-more-than.html
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