[AZ-Observing] ASTEROID FLYBY
- From: Jeff Hopkins <phxjeff@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:03:46 -0700
ASTEROID FLYBY: Newly discovered asteroid 2007 HA is flying past
Earth today about 2.5 million kilometers away. There's no danger of a
collision, but it is an interesting flyby: the asteroid is big (300
meters wide), bright (13th to 14th magnitude), and an easy target for
large backyard telescopes. A beautiful movie of 2007 HA streaking
among the stars of Virgo on April 16th is featured on today's edition
of http://spaceweather.com; tonight the asteroid cuts through the Big
Dipper where undoubtedly it will be photographed by many astronomers.
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Jeff Hopkins
HPO SOFT
Counting Photons
http://www.hposoft.com/Astro/astro.html
Hopkins Phoenix Observatory
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Phoenix, Arizona 85033-2439 U.S.A.
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