6-Foot-Wide 'Bald' Asteroid Is Smallest Ever Studied

Astronomers have set a new record, taking the measure of a tiny space rock just 6 feet (2 meters) wide. "This is the first time we have optical, infrared and radar data on such a small asteroid, which is essentially a meteoroid," Vishnu Reddy, of the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, said in a statement. This image of the 6-foot-wide (2 meters) asteroid 2015 TC25 was captured by Northern Arizona University astronomers using the Discovery Channel Telescope in Happy Jack, Ari