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Asteroid Will Fly By Earth at 0.7 Times the Distance to the Moon
Monday, January 23, 2017 6:07
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Asteroid will Fly By Earth at 0.7 times the Distance to the Moon Asteroid 2017 BX was first observed by Pan-STARRS 1, Haleakala on 2017-01-20.
It will fly by Earth safely on 2017-01-25 at 04:55 UTC at 0.7 times the distance to the Moon, at a speed (relative to the Earth) of 7.5 km/s. It is estimated to be 7 – 14 meters in size. 0.7 LD = 51,492 miles (82,869 km)
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Minor Planet Center
http://minorplanetcenter.net/db_searc…
NASA/JPL
http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr…
UPCOMING CLOSE APPROACHES TO EARTH
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/
Clips, images credit: ESO, ESA.HUBBLE & NASA/JPL
