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Asteroid 2005 YU55: An Experts Explanation
Friday, November 4, 2011 20:35
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NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory released this video today featuring more information about the much-discussed 2005 YU55, a 400-meter-wide asteroid that will pass by Earth next Tuesday at a distance closer than the Moon. The video features research scientist Lance Benner, an expert in radio imaging of near-Earth objects.
While YU55 will come closer than any object we’ve been aware of in the past 35 years, it poses no risk to Earth.
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