First Movie of Asteroid 2005 YU55 Near Earth Pass 08NOV2011

NASA Releases Radar Movie of Asteroid 2005 YU55

This radar image of asteroid 2005 YU55 was obtained on Nov. 7, 2011, at 11:45 a.m. PST (2:45 p.m. EST/1945 UTC), when the space rock was at 3.6 lunar distances, which is about 860,000 miles, or 1.38 million kilometers, from Earth. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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November 08, 2011

PASADENA, Calif. -- Scientists working with the 230-foot-wide (70-meter) Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, Calif., have generated a short movie clip of asteroid 2005 YU55. The images were generated from data collected at Goldstone on Nov. 7, 2011, between 11:24 a.m. and 1:35 p.m. PST (2:24 p.m. and 4:35 p.m. EST). They are the highest-resolution images ever generated by radar of a near-Earth object.

The short movie clip can be found at: http://1.usa.gov/uVJvmS .

Each of the six frames required 20 minutes of data collection by the Goldstone radar. (READ MORE HERE)...

METEOR FIREBALL NEWS ALERT...NEO Asteroid 2011MD VERY Close Earth Approach 27JUN2011...Expect Elevated Fireball Activity

Recently Discovered Near Earth Object 2011MD Near Miss Likely To Include Numerous, Especially Green, Meteor Fireballs...All Sky Camera Operators, Security Cam Operators, Police and Sheriff's Dept's. Dash Cam Reviewers, Be Alert 25JUN2011 Through 29Jun2011!

(2011 MD)  2011-Jun-27 0.0001 0.05 8.0 m - 18 m 27.6 6.77

source: neo.jpl.nasa.gov