Near-Earth asteroid ’Moby Dick’ goes missing
Source: unexplained-mysteries.com
A sizable asteroid measuring 270m across that was due to pass by the Earth seems to have disappeared.
The space rock dubbed 2000 EM26 was set to pass by us within a distance of 3.4 million kilometers, but when astronomers directed their telescopes to get a good look at it the asteroid seemed to have mysteriously vanished and was nowhere to be seen.
The object has since been nicknamed ’Moby Dick’ after the infamous white whale in the story by author Herman Melville. Astronomers are not unduly concerned as the asteroid is not believed to pose a threat to the Earth however its disappearance has helped emphasize how limited out current asteroid tracking capabilities actually are.
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