Überraschung :-)) Asteroid Flyby vorhin
Geschrieben von franz_liszt am 06. Dezember 2003 20:56:38:
Als Antwort auf: Vulkane / Sonne / Naturphänomene (06.12.) (owT) geschrieben von franz_liszt am 06. Dezember 2003 18:08:26:
Hallo Foris,
soeben ist ein 20-m-Asteroid in 0,4-facher Mondentfernung vorbeigeflogen.
Gruß franz_liszt
ASTEROID FLYBY: Discovered only yesterday, a small
asteroid named 2003 XJ7 will fly by our planet today 150,000 km
away--barely 40 percent of the distance to the Moon. Closest
approach occurs at approximately 19:04 UT on Dec. 6th. The
asteroid is small, about 20 meters wide, and fast moving. At
closest approach it will race across Canis Major at a rate of 0.4
deg. per minute. Glowing like a 13th magnitude star, 2003 XJ7 is
too faint to see with the unaided eye. Even so, advanced amateur
astronomers might be able to photograph it using large backyard
telescopes and CCD cameras.