Asteroid 2005 YU55 Close Encounter with Earth 8 Nov 2011

Asteroid 2005 YU55 Close Encounter with Earth 8 Nov 2011

2005 YU55, also written as 2005 YU55, is a potentially hazardous asteroid that is 400 meters in diameter. It was discovered on 28 December 2005 by Robert S. McMillan at Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak.
In February 2010 it was rated 1 on the Torino Scale. On 19 April 2010, highly accurate radar targeting by the Arecibo radio telescope reduced uncertainties about the orbit by 50 percent. This improvement eliminated any possibility of an impact with the Earth for the next 100 years.
On 8 November 2011 at 23:28 UT, the asteroid will safely pass within 0.85 lunar distances of the Earth. A lunar distance of 0.85 is also 0.00217 AU (325,000 km; 202,000 mi). On 9 November 2011 at 07:13 UT, the asteroid will pass 0.00160 AU (239,000 km; 149,000 mi) from the moon. During the close approach, the asteroid should reach about apparent magnitude 11, and may be visible in high-end binoculars with an objective lens of 70mm or larger.
On 19 January 2029 the asteroid will pass about 0.0019 AU (280,000 km; 180,000 mi) from Venus.

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[elmowantstokillu]

that happen im not sure what the date was but the asteroid came past this year a few months ago

[KurdstanPlanetarium]

@elmowantstokillu yes that was 8 Nov 2011 at around 21 UT, passed by Earth and left, but will pass us by more and more in future as you can see its orbit is cirss corssing that of Earth oribt, hopefully in each encounter pass us by safely...

[Swaggs303]

just woke up...its november the 10th...did anything happen? lol

[KurdstanPlanetarium]

@Swaggs303 of course not, dont blieive those advertising doomsday...this Asteroid came and passed us by safely, now on its way towards Mars orbit but it will be coming back after 1.22 Year but then it wont come this close as it did on the night of November the 8th..

[KurdstanPlanetarium]

@looking4thepast09 If you here to watch Astronomy or information about Asteroids, then your question has no meaning !!

if you here to watch doomsday or Nibiru, you are in the wrong place as I dont advertise such non sences, not in Astronomy classes.

This is an Astronomy fact abut this particular Asteroid 2005 YU55  passing very close by Earth, its a Knowldege and knowldege is power !!

[Fractal05]

Excellent presentation. TY.

[elmowantstokillu]

@Swaggs303 ye it happen their was an asteroid it was close to hit earth it just went past it

[Swaggs303]

@Swaggs303 what about elenin as well as yu55 and wheres haleys comet these days? what about solar flares tsunamis earthquakes and packets of wotsits? will i be ok to go to butlins next week for a few days break?

[debojitkol35]

NASA must have had knowledge about it from very beginning. But they never released that news until it passed away !!

[KurdstanPlanetarium]

@Hiphopemas I was not kidding, why should I? Marias actually huge imapcts craters that filled by lava caused by the imapct..the first billion year of history of solar system was characteristed by continous bombardment of the newly crated planets. remember the Moon itself is the child of one of such impacts, that shaped life forever.

[Hiphopemas]

@KurdstanPlanetarium Oh my god, please tell me you were kidding when you said Maria are caused by impacts. Maria are huge lava plains from about 3.2b years ago.

[beeferetown]

You would think god can throw accurate by now. He misted us again damn it!