[AZ-Observing] ASTEROID FLYBY
- From: Jeff Hopkins <phxjeff@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 12:18:01 -0700
From Space Weather News for May 7, 2007
http://spaceweather.com
ASTEROID FLYBY: This week, a famous asteroid is flying past Earth:
1862 Apollo. Discovered in 1932, Apollo was the first asteroid
recognized to cross Earth's orbit. Its discovery, and the subsequent
discovery of many others like Apollo, helped scientists understand
that the threat of asteroid impacts didn't end with the dinosaurs;
it's a modern problem, too. There's no danger of a collision this
time. Apollo will be about 10.7 million kilometers away at closest
approach on May 8th. Southern hemisphere astronomers with big
backyard telescopes may be able to photograph the 1.7 km-wide
asteroid and its tiny 75 meter-wide moon gliding through the
constellations Microscopium and Grus.
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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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