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Asteroid to pass 344,000 mi to Earth

Posted by squirreling on January 26, 2008

Asteroid 2007 TU24 will pass Earth by ~344,000 miles (around 1.44 times the mean distance to the moon) It should be visible from Earth night of January 28/29. Time to go stargazing!

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/observingblog/14346437.html

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