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Cadfael

(1,299 posts)
Tue Jan 24, 2017, 10:22 PM Jan 2017

Asteroid to pass between Earth and moon

An asteroid designated 2017 BX – found just days ago, on January 20 – will pass between the Earth and moon on late Tuesday night according to clocks in the Americas, early Wednesday morning according to clocks in Europe and Africa and Wednesday afternoon for Asia.
More at:
http://earthsky.org/space/asteroid-pass-between-earth-and-moon-jan-25-2017-0445-utc

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Asteroid to pass between Earth and moon (Original Post) Cadfael Jan 2017 OP
holy cow. i thought we were better at this. mopinko Jan 2017 #1
Sometimes it can't be seen marybourg Jan 2017 #5
Cool, thanks for the notice uppityperson Jan 2017 #2
thank god trump's crack science team... dhill926 Jan 2017 #3
there is a live feed here: Turn CO Blue Jan 2017 #4

mopinko

(70,178 posts)
1. holy cow. i thought we were better at this.
Tue Jan 24, 2017, 10:44 PM
Jan 2017

tho i am assuming they didnt see it because it is so small, but...

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