Using high-resolution radar data, scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have caugt images of Asteroid 2007 TU24 as it made its closest approach to earth on January 29th.

At its closest point, the asteroid was 1.4 times the distance between the moon earth, but scientists were able to determine that there was no possibility of an impact with earth.

The close proximity of the asteroid's passage has given scientists a rare opportunity to learn more about near-earth asteroids.

As anticipated, Asteroid 2007 TU24 made its closest approach to Earth at 12:33 a.m. today, Jan. 29 (3:33 a.m. Eastern time), and is now headed away from our planet. At its closest point, the asteroid was 554,209 kilometers (344,370 miles) from Earth, or roughly 1.4 times the distance between the moon and Earth.

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