Massive 2,000-foot asteroid to whiz past Earth later this month

[Makuser]

An asteroid slightly smaller than the largest structure in the U.S. is slated to harmlessly zoom past Earth later this month. Known as 2006 SF6, the space rock will zip past Earth on Nov. 20 at approximately 2.7 million miles (0.02886 astronomical units) at roughly 12:01 a.m. EDT, according to NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies, which tracks near-Earth objects. "Potentially hazardous" NEOs are defined as space objects that come within 0.05 astronomical units and measure more than 460 feet in diameter, according to NASA. Asteroid 2006 SF6, which was discovered on Sept. 17, 2006, is believed to be between 919 feet and 2,034 feet in diameter, slightly smaller than the KVLY-TV mast in Blanchard, S.D., the tallest structure in the U.S. and fourth tallest in the world. You can read more about this and see an artists illustration of Near Earth Asteroids here, at:
https://www.foxnews.com/science/massive ... ember-2019

[Refractordude]

Makuser:

Could not find it with stellarium. I may be driving to a dark site on that date with the 20x80 binoculars.

[Refractordude]

Does anybody know what direction I should be looking at for this object?

[Sky]

2006 SF6 is going to be about 14th magnitude when it passes closest to earth on the 20th and it's only going to move about 45 arc-minutes across the sky over a 2 hour period.

Since 20x80 binoculars can only reach about 11th magnitude, you'll need something larger to catch it..