Astronomers View Asteroid 2012 LZ1′s Bright Flyby
15 Jun 2012, 16:18 UTC
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As reported, asteroid 2012 LZ1 came about 5.3 million km (3.3 million miles) from planet Earth on its closest approach on June 14th, 2012. The fairly big and unusually bright space rock is about is about 502 meters (1,650 feet) wide. The Remanzacco Observatory crew of Nick Howes, Ernesto Guido & Giovanni Sostero captured this imagery of the pass.Ian Musgrave in Australia also took some imagery of the pass: (...)Read the rest of Astronomers View Asteroid 2012 LZ1′s Bright Flyby (144 words)© nancy for Universe Today, 2012. | Permalink | No comment | Post tags: Asteroid 2012 LZ1, Asteroids, Observing Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh
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