First Photos of Incoming Asteroid 2011 MD

"So, at around 1 p.m. EDT today, this chunk of space rock, estimated to be approximately 5-20 meters wide, will make its closest approach over the Southern Hemisphere (roughly over the South Atlantic). But astronomers have already been hard at work to grab a look at 2011 MD before its orbit gets all bent out of shape by the Earth's gravitational field."

[via discovery]