09 November 2011

2005 YU55 Pending Near Pass - Now Passed

Earth near Pass is scheduled for 6:28 pm EST (23:28 GMT) 8NOV2011-Passed


First Movie of Asteroid 2005 YU55
This six-frame movie of asteroid 2005 YU55 was generated from data obtained by NASA's Goldstone Solar System Radar on Nov. 7, 2011. -NASA http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?collection_id=77341&media_id=119737731


NASA 2055 YU55 Live Simulator:
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eyes/player/?document=http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eyes/content/documents/yu55/yu55.xml


Australian News Broadcast about Y2005 U55 Passing (video)

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Uploaded on YouTube by   on 6 Nov 2011 3,858 views
This was aired on channel 7 at 7PM November 6th. The website address for more info is http://au.news.yahoo.com/sunday-night/.
This Wednesday a 400-metre asteroid that goes by the name of 2005 YU55 will pass between the Earth and the moon in what experts describe a "near miss". ... (more)