Internet Recursos. Watch Big Asteroid Buzz Earth This Weekend: 2 Live Webcasts | Asteroid 2013 ET. Editor's Note: Unexpectedly strong winds and clouds have forced the Virtual Telescope Project to cancel its live webcast of the asteroid 2013 ET today. The next chance to see the asteroid will be Saturday, March 9, in a 3:15 p.m. ET webcast by the Slooh Space Telescope as detailed in the original report below: An asteroid the size of a city block is due to make a close pass by Earth on Saturday (March 9), and you can get a front-row view via two back-to-back webcasts. The asteroid 2013 ET was discovered March 3 by the Catalina Sky Survey based at the University of Arizona.
Asteroid 2013 ET is about 210 feet by 460 feet (64 meters by 140 m) in size, with some astronomers comparing its width to a football field. The first asteroid 2013 ET event will occur today in a free live webcast from the Virtual Telescope Project in Ceccano, Italy, starting at 2 p.m. You can visit the Virtual Telescope directly at: Follow Clara Moskowitz @ClaraMoskowitz and Google+.