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Here is a pic from NASA's Goldstone Deep Space Antenna that bounced radar off the asteroid that shows a moon accompanying the big space rock - not an unusual discovery as other asteroids have been found with moons.
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A lot of us are dealing with winter weather today.
1/2 kilometer (1/3 mile) wide Asteroid 2004 BL86 passed at closest approach to Earth today at 11 am EST. This big boy will pass us at about 745,000 miles distance, or about 3 times the distance to the Moon.
Amateur astronomers will be able to see this space rock with their telescopes and even quality binoculars at closest approach on the night of 26-27 January. Scientists are planning on observing the asteroid with radar as it passes by to get as much information as possible.
This is A CLEAR MISS and there is no danger. This is the largest known asteroid to pass us until 2027.
Get more info here and here.
It will be cloudy here in VA tonight :-(
Hope you can see it!
Sky Guy in Winter Weather VA
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