NASA Prepares for Asteroid’s Close Pass by Earth

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On Tuesday, November 8, at 6:28 p.m. EST, an asteroid the size of an aircraft carrier will soar past our planet at a distance closer than the Moon… and NASA scientists will be watching!

2005 YU55, a 400-meter (1,300-foot) -wide C-type asteroid, was discovered in December 2005 by Robert McMillan of the Spacewatch Program at the University of Arizona, Tucson. It’s pretty much spherical in shape and dark – darker than charcoal, in fact! Scientists with NASA’s Near-Earth Objects Observation Program will begin tracking it on November 4 using the 70-meter radar telescope at the Deep Space Network in Goldstone, California , as well as with the Arecibo Planetary Radar Facility in Puerto Rico beginning November 8. They will continue tracking 2005 YU55 through November 10.
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http://www.universetoday.com/90343/nasa-prepares-for-asteroids-close-pass/
 
K__M said:
2012 maybe? Lol
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lol at the 2012 Armageddon theory, deducted because an ancient Inca (or Maya) calendar suddenly stop that year. they didnt think the Inca astrologist may had a accident or get bored finishing it :D
 
I think its also similiar, saw in Facebook but didn't read the article.

Gonna see that rare event and hopefully here in Saudi Arabia having clear sky have a chance to see it.
 
Just watched a news in TV, from an information regarding to Asteriod.

Its stated that you need a telescope in order to see that certain asteroid. 100 dimer than the stars and it contain carbon thing so its disguise to be a dark like in a sky during night.

That's what I saw in the TV
 
jamescv7 said:
Just watched a news in TV, from an information regarding to Asteriod.

Its stated that you need a telescope in order to see that certain asteroid. 100 dimer than the stars and it contain carbon thing so its disguise to be a dark like in a sky during night.

That's what I saw in the TV
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I heard it from someone as well that you will need a telescope to see it, which sucks.
 
November 8 as stated in the news, but the time will be different depends on the location of the country.

Also as I watched the news in TV yesterday in midnight is the better time to see the asteroid in the sky.
 
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