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Old 05-03-2006, 09:17 AM
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Space Rock - Earth Flyby

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.
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