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01-13-08, 08:45 AM
On Jan. 13, 2008, a 27 metre-wide asteroid, 2008 AF3, will make a close flyby (1.3 lunar distances) of the Earth. The asteroid will appear as a magnitude 14 star in the northern sky
Date__(UT)__HR:MN R.A._(ICRF/J2000.0)_DEC APmag
2008-Jan-12 00:00 05 44 02.50 +27 52 38.5 14.96
2008-Jan-13 00:00 07 49 07.80 +48 44 45.6 14.29
2008-Jan-14 00:00 12 29 08.89 +50 04 06.1 15.42
2008-Jan-15 00:00 14 25 55.87 +33 31 02.4 17.03
IMAGE (http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/8748/2008af3co4.gif)
You will need a 12" diameter telescope to spot 2008 AF3 (http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2008%20AF3;orb=1;cov=0;log=0#orb) as it passes through Ursa Major this evening.
Date__(UT)__HR:MN R.A._(ICRF/J2000.0)_DEC APmag
2008-Jan-12 00:00 05 44 02.50 +27 52 38.5 14.96
2008-Jan-13 00:00 07 49 07.80 +48 44 45.6 14.29
2008-Jan-14 00:00 12 29 08.89 +50 04 06.1 15.42
2008-Jan-15 00:00 14 25 55.87 +33 31 02.4 17.03
IMAGE (http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/8748/2008af3co4.gif)
You will need a 12" diameter telescope to spot 2008 AF3 (http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2008%20AF3;orb=1;cov=0;log=0#orb) as it passes through Ursa Major this evening.