Asteroid Inbound

Seen at CNN:

On Monday night, an asteroid that may be the size of a car will likely burn up in the atmosphere over northeastern Africa, according to the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

But the planet is not in peril. The asteroid, spotted by an Arizona observatory only Monday afternoon, will burn up in the upper atmosphere at about 10:46 p.m. ET (2:46 a.m. GMT).

It will not pose a threat to aircraft or people on the ground, but it may put on a show.

I think the asteroid-hunters are just excited that they get to issue a valid, almost-collision warning.

Still, that should be some fireworks show.  Shame it’s over on the wrong side of the planet.