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Message Subject Newly-discovered asteroid 2012 XE54 is flying through the Earth-Moon system today!!!!Sky getting crowded this week
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At closest approach on Dec. 12th, it will be 7 million km away, or 18 times farther than the Moon. Astronomers are taking advantage of the flyby to learn more about the asteroid's orbit, shape, and topography.

tomorrow
[link to www.spaceweather.com]


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GEMINID METEOR SHOWER--THIS WEEK! The annual Geminid Meteor Shower is set to peak on Dec. 13 and 14, 2012.

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Uhh, it has been changed to much, much closer now....

ASTEROID FLYBY: Newly-discovered asteroid 2012 XE54 is flying through the Earth-Moon system today approximately 230 thousand km (0.6 LD) from Earth. The space rock is about 36 meters wide, a little smaller than the Tunguska impactor that leveled 800 square miles of Siberian forest in 1908. Using a remote-controlled telescope in New Mexico, astronomers Ernesto Guido and Nick Howes photographed 2012 XE54 streaking among the stars on Dec. 11th:
[link to www.spaceweather.com]
 
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