Last I heard it’s supposed to miss us, but it’s going to be a close call. I think they they said it will pass one-half the distance that’s between us and the moon, which in terms of asteroids is a close call. The scary thing about it is that they just found this sucker approaching a few days ago. It’s like these things just pop up out of the dark abyss of space.
From what I understand, an object coming ‘right at us’ appears as a small point of light, so there’s a poor chance of spotting it via time-lapse imaging.
Midway between Earth and the moon?? WRONG!!! More like the distance between Chicago and Los Angeles. Hopefully the distance calculated is right as well as the size estimate.