To: Jed Eckert
Fortunately, the asteroid will miss the Earth, but it will still make an uncomfortably close approach of 302,885 miles. To put this in perspective, the average distance from the Earth to the moon is 238,900 miles..........Does that mean, if we are told where it will be then, it should be visible from earth?
27 posted on
10/20/2015 7:05:19 PM PDT by
publius911
(Pissed?? You have NO idea!)
To: publius911
From the article:
People will be able to observe "Spooky" on the night of Oct. 30 and Oct. 31, weather permitting, but will need a telescope to do so. If you have a telescope and want to catch a glimpse of the Halloween asteroid, you should look in the direction of Orion's Shield, part of the Orion constellation.
39 posted on
10/20/2015 7:13:54 PM PDT by
Jed Eckert
(The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem)
To: publius911
Nope.
At a distance of 1 ld it's not going to be visible with the naked eye.
46 posted on
10/20/2015 7:29:11 PM PDT by
FredZarguna
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