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Dr Boslough says he is interested in the objects which are on "final approach" to the Earth.
Images from Dubai observatory showthe 'star field' in which the "potentially damaging asteroid" is hidden
The Slooh Observatory on the Canary Islands was 'iced up' so unable to record live images of the asteroid - BUT pictures have been received from an observatory in Dubai.
These images will be shown imminently!
The experts discuss the likelihood of an asteroid hitting the Earth - very slight thank goodness - and the damage done by objects from space which have hit the planet down the years
Update: Images of asteroid are revealed. Pictures show huge number of stars and other objects. Scientists must examine pictures to determine which one is the asteroid.
Dr Boslough explains the difference between a meteor, a meteorite and a meteoroid
Images of the asteroid captured from Dubai about to be shown live
Experts compare and contrast this close call to other recent asteroid near misses and meteor showers
Asteroid has passed just 8.8 'moon distances' from the Earth - which is FIFTEEN times closer than the nearest planet to us
Dr Mark Boslough of Sandia National Laboratories gives expert information on the science behind the rock's movement through space
Host Bob Berman takes us through the technical aspects of the asteroid before we see it whizzing past the Earth
We are just moments away from watching the asteroid pass by the Earth. Stay here for live footage.
As scientists tracked a 98ft wide asteroid that brushed by the Earth at a distance of 17,200 miles, another space rock unexpectedly exploded above Chelyabinsk, Russia.
The meteor, thought to measure 65ft across, released the energy of 20 atomic bombs 18 miles above the ground.
Slooh's technical and research director Paul Cox said: "We continue to discover these potentially hazardous asteroids - sometimes only days before they make their close approaches to Earth.
"Slooh's asteroid research campaign is gathering momentum with Slooh members using the Slooh robotic telescopes to monitor this huge population of potentially hazardous space rocks. We need to find them before they find us."
2000 EM26 makes its appearance almost exactly a year after two major NEO events on February 15, 2013.
Scientists estimate the asteroid, measuring 885ft across, will be closest to Earth at 2am UK time.
At that point, the space rock will be 2.1 million miles from Earth, or 8.8 lunar distances.
Images of the asteroid making its fly-by will be captured by the Slooh robotic telescope service, which provides internet access to automated observatories.
The asteroid, poetically named 2000 EM26, is classed as a "potentially hazardous" Neart Eath Object as it is big enough to cause significant damage if it were to hit.
But experts said it poses no real threat, and will pass by the Earth at just under nine times the distance to the moon.
A huge asteroid the size of three football fields will narrowly miss Earth in the early hours of tomorrow morning, as it skims past our planet at a speed of 27,000mph.