Space Rock - Earth Flyby

[gaa_ian]

This coming Monday is the peak of a close flyby of asteroid 2000 PN9.
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/db?name=2000+PN9
This 2km wide hunk of rock will appear as a Mag 12 object as it sails past just 2 Million miles away from the earth.
Not spectacular, but interesting to watch moving accross the background stars in this close encounter. :eyepop:

[asimov]

Very interesting Ian! :) Thanks for the heads up mate!:thumbsup:

[gaa_ian]

No worries Asi, I hope someone can see it & perhaps put together a movie of its progress accross the sky, which I imagine will be quite rapid !
BTW well done in the Photo challenge too:thumbsup:

[gaa_ian]

I just knew that someone, somewhere would film this event !
There is a link, to a clip spanning 12 minutes (time lapsed) on spaceweather today.
http://www.spaceweather.com/
Pity I had clouds :( , did anyone else get a look at it visually ?

[RussellH]

Wow that was fast!

I'd been hoping to catch it too, as I was reporting on it's fly-boy on the latest Dark Matters podcast, but it's been clouds for a week or 2 here in Brisbane. I've missed comet pojmanski too unfortunately :(

http://astronomy.podcastformat.com

[asimov]

Nope! I missed it too unfortunately. And thanks Ian.

[astroron]

I downloaded the all the info into the computer, set up the 8", but was completely clouded out, which has been the case for nearly all of the last few weeks.:( :( :(

[gaa_ian]

I understand the cloudly sky story only too well
We are experiencing early morning monsoonal showers as I write !

[space lover]

Aah bummer. Wish I found this post earlier so I see the asteroid :(