Super Tuesday Sky Trio
Hey Space Placers! Lots going on today but the total solar eclipse is worth watching: Here's the rest of the story about Super Sky Tuesday. Had your fill of politics for awhile? Not to worry as this Tuesday we have a trio of super sky events to take your mind off of the continuing election year. To update my previous story http://wtop.com/the-space-place-tech/2016/02/the-space-place-meteorites-twitter-hype-and-more/ on the close approach of asteroid 2013 TX68 to our planet. Flyby was expected today http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4888 anywhere from 15,000 miles to 3 million miles. This wide range is due to lack of sufficient observations to precisely define the space rock’s orbit but a clear miss was assured. In a news release by http://earthsky.org/space/asteroid-2013-tx68-uncertain-trajectory-closest-earth-mar-5-2016 “2013 TX68 safely passed by Earth on Monday morning. According to the Minor Planet Center, the space...