ASTEROID 2004BL86

Next week large asteroid will pass close to Earth. 

This is the 2004 BL86, a block of rock with a diameter of 500 meters on 26 January at 17:49 Italian time will go to 1.2 million kilometers from our planet. 

At the time of closest approach, from an initial estimate, the asteroid will be quite bright and will reach a magnitude of 9. 

You can see through the constellations of the Unicorn and Hydra. Astronomers expect to be able to obtain information about its composition. 

This is the passage of a asteroid closer to Earth in the last 200 years.