Minor planet 2007 TU24

[Laurchen100]

its sooooo slow

[exebece]

thanx for all comment :)

[Deliriousara]

the minor planet is caught in the gravitational field of the sun. it is essentially free falling towards the sun. nothing is fueling the minor planet's motion except gravity, it's falling.

[IdunCareLesSn00b]

Good video thanks for this.Has anyone ever thought how they get there fuel?To move at that speed for that long how does it keep getting energy?If you threw a rock in space with a catapult eventually it would run out of energy and stop.How come these keep moving and are glowing?Maybe they are radioactive like Uranium or plutonium?

[DYIFFAW]

effecting masses..

[Zm4J86]

depends on the mass of the object and the surrounding gravitation. actually if an object has a certain "speed" in space it wont lose velocity (no atmosphere - no headwind etc).

the glowing is caused by the sun.

[epreviews]

Actually, all objects do lose velocity and *eventually* fall into the gravitational field of a large nearby object, in this case our sun. They can sometimes pick up speed and change orbit because of the gravitational force.

Asteroids orbit a region in space called the Kyiper belt, it's a region where there are many asteriods (or minor planets) that orbit around the sun.

These objects sometimes bump into each other and race their way into the inner solar system.

[sneakerset]

I'll bet this was a "hot" target for a lot of pro and semi-pro astronomers.Magnitude 10.3 from what I heard.You're very lucky(and talented)Excellent video work..congratulations

[BeechSundowner]

Good video!

[shadowshian]

i wish ive coulve seen it but it was damned snow storm in here last night so no luck.

[airricksreloaded]

wow excellent video!

[bloodxbrothers]

so many people dont even know this ever happend lol.

[exebece]

almost realtime capture (in real little bit faster :)