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ASTEROID FLYBY: Asteroid 2003 UV11 will fly past Earth on Oct. 29th and 30th at a distance of 1.2 million miles or about five times the distance to the Moon. It's a big space rock, approximately 600 meters wide, so experienced amateur astronomers should have little trouble photographing it as it glides through the constellation Pegasus on Friday night glowing about as brightly as a 12th magnitude star. NASA's Goldstone and Arecibo radars are pinging the asteroid as it passes to study its shape and trajectory. Stay tuned for updates. [image] [ephemeris] [3D orbit]
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