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A 1300 foot asteroid will pass between the Earth and the orbit of the moon.

If I can find some online info/tracking sites I'll post them up.

It's all just a big warm up for Apophis in the coming years I suppose.

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How come the ONLY place I have heard this is on a car forum? :wtf2:
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"A rock the size of an aircraft carrier". I wonder what they'll estimate its mass to be?
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuCN6CD8j_s[/youtube]
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Haha good one, Thats exactly what I thought of.

I was kind of hoping I could see it with my little beginner telescope, but I see that itll be impossible to find. Any chance it will pass in front of moon?

Is it bad if I just found out there was a science section :couch
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Here's NASA's page on the approach with the details of our observations plans.
alms24sebring wrote:I was kind of hoping I could see it with my little beginner telescope, but I see that itll be impossible to find. Any chance it will pass in front of moon?
You'll need a pretty good 'scope, NASA is recommending a 6 inch aperture for amateur observers. And it won't pass in front of the Moon...approach angle is all wrong. This is from JPL's NEO tracking site...

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I know I read the homepage. Ok, I didnt think it would pass through the orbital plain perfectly. This is exciting though... close calls always are. Ill have to read that Apophis page sometime when I get the time
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Apophis summary: It will have a high suck probability or a low suck probability, depending on what we learn in the future.
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