CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Scientists say a 150-foot asteroid
hurtling toward a close pass with Earth today had nothing to do
with the meteor that injured hundreds in Russia today. The
asteroid is expected to make the closest known flyby for a rock
of its size, missing Earth by 17,150 miles. But that's closer
than many communication and weather satellites. The asteroid
will be too small to see with the naked eye. The best viewing
locations, with binoculars and telescopes, will be in Asia,
Australia and Eastern Europe. As asteroids go, this is a shrimp.
The one that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago was 6
miles across. But this rock could still pack a wallop, wiping
out 750 square miles if it struck. Watch the asteroid pass by
Earth live below.