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Asteroid 2010RF12 - Discovered Yesterday! - to make close pass of Earth Sept 8th
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[quote:Astronut:MV8xMTgyNzg4XzE5MTY4NzE5XzlFNTA0MTYx] [quote:YooperGuy 788095] .2 lunar distance is close. If that asteroid is made of iron and it is 30 feet long.... wow... look out below!!!! That could take out a big city! Plus the closest approach uncertainty of 7 minutes!!!! Can't JPL be a bit more percise? [/quote] They only have 1 day's worth of observations, so no, not really. You need to observe over a longer period of time to refine the orbital determination, preferably no less than 3 days. I'd love to watch this one as it whizzes by on the 8th, but unfortunately my laptop's power cable basically bit the dust at the end of my last broadcast on Friday night. I'm pretty sure the replacement won't be in in time :( [/quote]
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Asteroid 2010RF12 - discovered yesterday - to make close pass of Earth Sept 8th. Only 0.2 lunar distance!
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