Wednesday, April 29, 2020

BIG SPACE ROCK Asteroid 1998 OR2 FLYBY

Hey, Space Placers!

Read about this big boy flyby.

Animation of descent stage
This GIF, composed of observations by the Virtual Telescope Project, shows asteroid 1998 OR2 (the central dot) as it traversed the constellation Hydra five days before its closest approach to Earth. It was about 4.4 million miles (7.08 million kilometers) away from Earth at the time. Credit: Dr. Gianluca Masi (Virtual Telescope Project) 

Artist's concept of a near-Earth object
Artist Illustration
NASA JPL
If Virginia skies had been clear I could have photographed it.

Sky Guy in VA

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