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Asteroid YU55 Close Encouter

11/8/2011

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Asteroid YU55 will make a close encounter with the earth today, passing the earth by a distance of approximately 325,000 km.

"It is the first time since 1976 that an object of this size has passed this closely to the Earth. It gives us a great -- and rare -- chance to study a near-Earth object like this," astronomer Scott Fisher, a program director with the National Science Foundation, said on Thursday during a Web chat with reporters. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/06/uk-space-asteroid-idUSLNE7A500E20111106

However, unfortunately for us amateur observers in Kamloops, it's unlikely we'll be able to witness anything. The best time to observe it would be in the early evening on November 8 from the East Coast of the United States, and it is going to be very faint, telescopic object even at its closest approach.
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Radar image of asteroid YU55 created by the Arecibo radio telescope in April, 2010
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Patas link
3/26/2012 04:45:29 am

Fine post bro

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Pavián link
9/24/2012 05:08:14 pm

THX for info

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