Asteroid flying between GOES Satellites and Earth

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Asteroid flying between GOES Satellites and Earth

#1 Postby GCANE » Fri Feb 04, 2011 3:13 pm

A small (4-5 meter) asteroid discovered earlier today by R. A. Kowalski of the Catalina Sky Survey will pass by Earth on Feb. 4th around 19:40UT at a distance of 11855 km. 2011 CQ1 will not hit Earth, but it will pass well inside the Clarke Belt of geosynchronous satellites


http://remanzacco.blogspot.com/2011/02/ ... roach.html
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#2 Postby HURAKAN » Fri Feb 04, 2011 4:36 pm

really close approach
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