14 May 2014

Huge Asteroid 2013 UQ4 Suddenly Becomes a Dark Comet in Our inner Solar System- Video

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Suddenly Becomes a Dark Comet in Our inner Solar SystemHuge Asteroid 2013 UQ4 Suddenly Becomes a Dark Comet in Our inner Solar System
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"Studies of the comet/asteroid's light indicate that C/2013 UQ4 UQ4 is a very dark but rather large object some 4-9 miles (7-15 km) across. It's estimated that C/2013 UQ4 takes at least 500 years to make one spin around the sun. Perihelion occurs on June 5 with the comet reaching magnitude +8-9 by month's end. Peak brightness of 7th magnitude is expected during its close approach of Earth on July 10 at 29 million miles (46.7 million km)....
http://phys.org/news/2014-05-asteroid-uq4-suddenly-dark-comet.html
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