No BP, Asteroid 2014 RC never hit Nicaragua! lol NASA spaceweather Update ASTEROID FLIES BY EARTH: On Sunday, Sept. 7th, house-sized asteroid 2014 RC flew past Earth. There was no danger of a collision, but the space rock was close. It sailed just underneath Earths belt of geeosynchronous satellites and about 40,000 km over New Zealand. Using robotic telescope in Australia, a team of astronomers led by Ernesto Guido photographed 2014 RC zipping through the southern constellation Phoenix at 10 km/s (22,000 mph): 2014 RC came from the asteroid belt just beyond the orbit of Mars. According to NASA, 2014 RC will return to our planets neighborhood in the future. The asteroids future motion will be closely monitored, but no future threatening Earth encounters have been identified. [ephemeris] [3D orbit] spaceweather/
Posted on: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 15:46:00 +0000
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