It will not strike Earth.
But astronomers are abuzz over the event, because it is the first time an asteroid "impact" has been predicted with near certainty.
The space rock is only about 6 feet in diameter (3 meters) and poses "no risk to those on the ground," said David Morrison of NASA's Ames Research Center. A similar-sized object during the day would likely go unnoticed, he said.
The fiery entry will appear like a very bright shooting star known as a fireball, or what astronomers call a bolide.
There is no note, however, on exactly when this asteroid was identified...sounds to me like it was just in the last 24 hours...if it was any bigger and had a possible chance of hitting the earth we wouldn't be too worried about the economy, political races or the price of fuel...we'd be running for the nearest fallout shelter.
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