Asteroid 2015 TB-145, reminiscent of the shape of the skull, is approaching the Earth. The closest rapprochement will occur in November 2018.
Astronomers are already preparing for the next fly-by as another opportunity to collect more data.
"Although this approach shall not be so favorable, we will be able to obtain new data, which could help improve our knowledge of this mass and other similar masses that come close to our planet," Spanish astrophysicist from the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia, Pablo Santos-Sanz, said.
On October 10, 2015, astronomers in Hawaii made a spooky discovery: a giant asteroid between 625 and 700 meters zipping through space, that at certain angles looks uncannily like a human skull. A few weeks later, on the night of Halloween, the skull-shaped asteroid flew by Earth at its closest proximity, just 486,000 km away.
After this instance, the next exciting encounter won’t be until 2088, Quartz reported.
