Why is this news?

[OzmO]

What's makes this a mystery?  Why do they think it might be space junk and from where?  Don't asteroids fly by us all the time?  And if it is an asteroid so what?



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100112/ap_on_sc/us_sci_space_miss


Mystery object to whizz by Earth Wednesday

WASHINGTON – A mystery object from space is about to whizz close by Earth on Wednesday. It won't hit our planet, but scientists are stumped by what exactly it is.
Astronomers say it may be space junk or it could be a tiny asteroid, too small to cause damage even if it hit. It's 33 to 50 feet wide at most.
NASA says that on Wednesday at 7:47 a.m. EST, it will streak by, missing Earth by about 80,000 miles. In the western United States it may be bright enough to be seen with a good amateur telescope.

[SAMSON123]

What's makes this a mystery?  Why do they think it might be space junk and from where?  Don't asteroids fly by us all the time?  And if it is an asteroid so what?



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100112/ap_on_sc/us_sci_space_miss


Mystery object to whizz by Earth Wednesday

WASHINGTON – A mystery object from space is about to whizz close by Earth on Wednesday. It won't hit our planet, but scientists are stumped by what exactly it is.
Astronomers say it may be space junk or it could be a tiny asteroid, too small to cause damage even if it hit. It's 33 to 50 feet wide at most.
NASA says that on Wednesday at 7:47 a.m. EST, it will streak by, missing Earth by about 80,000 miles. In the western United States it may be bright enough to be seen with a good amateur telescope.

Its Michael Jackson and his friend ET...nothing to worry about...

[Fury]

Its Michael Jackson and his friend ET...nothing to worry about...

Maybe it will change the laws of physics because it's outside Earth's atmosphere!