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Asteroid 2011 GP59

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Uploaded by on Apr 15, 2011

Near Earth Object 2011 GP59 passes us at its closes approach, just a moon and a half distant. This one missed us, but amateur astronomers the world over are helping to monitor thse events.

Taken with a Meade LX200 14" SCT and Gstar-EX video Camera

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  • How big was that rock?

  • @T0B0KKE It's about 60m wide. That is the sort of size that made "Meteor Crater" on the US. Big enough to hurt!

  • I mean at 1:15.

  • @voksongs Well spotted, That was a cosmic ray strike! It's true, those high energy particles from outer space leave a little flash on the ccd chip. You don't often see them on a normal photo because of the very short exposures, but I get to see them all the time.

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  • MALAKIAAAAAA.....

    IF THIS ROCK WAS 60m THEN THE EARTH MUST BE ABOUT...200m.

    IF THE ROCK GONE TO EARTH THEN...WHO SHOOTING THIS VIDEO AND FROM WHERE?

    E.T. FROM ANDROMEDA?

  • @astrojunk Ouch. A rock that big hitting some ocean would surely do some tsunami. I can't think of what it would do to a big city...

  • this was 10 times the distance of the moon away from earth. so there was no chance of it actually hitting earth

  • strasno

    

  • Bre pa toje strasno,

  • alucinante...!!!!!!!!!!!!

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