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RE: Asteroid 2005 YU55

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Asteroid 2005 YU55

Asteroid 2005 YU55 captured at the Starhoo Observatory. YU55 is a near earth object. On November 8, 2011, it passed by Earth. The asteroid came .8 LD of Earth (inside the Moon's orbit).

Wheaton College Observatory: More 2005 YU55 Images

Close-approach flyby from asteroid 2005 YU55. Imaged from Wheaton College's observatory in Norton, MA using a Celestron 14" CGE Pro and an SBIG ST-8 CCD camera. North is down and east is to the right in these images.

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Live Webcast: Keck Telescope To Watch Asteroid Flyby

One of the world's largest optical/infrared telescopes will be attempting to catch near infared light images of asteroid YU55 on Nov. 8. The observing run will be webcast live on UStream from the Keck II Remote Operations room in Kamuela, Hawaii, starting no later than 7 pm local time (9 pm U.S. PST / 0500 UT).
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Asteroid 2005 YU55 close approach

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Observatory Tracks Asteroid 2005 YU55 in Real Time

The Clay Centre Observatory in Massachusetts has pin-pointed the asteroid in the night sky and captured real time video of its fly-by of the Earth.

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Movie of Asteroid 2005 YU55

Credit NASA/JPL

This six-frame movie of asteroid 2005 YU55 was generated from data obtained by NASA's Goldstone Solar System Radar on Nov. 7, 2011.

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Real-time Broadcast

Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) "2005 YU55", a dark, nearly spherical chunk of primordial space rock around 400 metres in diameter, will be making a close fly-by to Earth at 23:28UTC on the 8th November 2011.
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Real-time Telescopic Video of Asteroid 2005 YU55

A team from the Clay Centre Observatory in Brookline, Massachusetts, will use the facilitys 25-inch telescope to track and image the asteroid. The team anticipates locking onto the asteroid well before 6:00 p.m. EST and tracking it until approximately 3:00 a.m. EST the following morning.
Broadcast representatives are invited to witness this observing session firsthand.
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Large asteroid 'will not hit Earth'

A large asteroid is heading towards Earth, measuring half a kilometre wide, and is expected to come closer to us than the moon tomorrow night.
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