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Speed Demon Asteroid Sprints Safely Past Earth... Where is the space police when you need it? Earth-approaching asteroid 2014 RC ripped pass Earth Sept. 7, got its orbit refashioned by our planet’s gravity and now bids us adieu. The team of observers at Remanzacco Observatory in Italy photographed it remotely with a telescope set up in Australia. 30 minutes before closest approach to Earth of 25,000 miles (40,000 km), 2014 RC was traveling at the rate of 49.5 arc minutes (1.6 times the diameter of the full moon) per minute...Full story at: universetoday/114371/speed-demon-asteroid-sprints-safely-past-earth-today/#more-114371 Image caption and credit: Asteroid 2014 RC photographed 30 minutes before closest approach to Earth today. During this minute-long time exposure the asteroid covered more than 3/4 degree of sky. Zippy! Credit: Ernesto Guido, Nick Howes, Martino Nicolini
Posted on: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 19:30:00 +0000

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