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  • SURPRISE ASTEROID FLYBY

    04/15/2018 5:30:02 PM PDT · by MarchonDC09122009 · 26 replies
    Spaceweather.com ^ | 4/15/2018 | Spaceweather
    https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=2018+GE3 http://spaceweather.com/ SURPRISE ASTEROID FLYBY: With little warning, a relatively large asteroid flew through the Earth-Moon system on April 15th only 192,200 km (0.5 LD) from our planet. 2018 GE3 was discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey approaching Earth on April 14th. Hours later, amateur astronomer Michael Jäger of Weißenkirchen Austria video-recorded the space rock rushing through the southern constellation Serpens: "According to wikipedia, 2018 GE3 is the largest known asteroid to pass that close to Earth in observational history," says Jäger. "It was shining like a 13th magnitude star at the time of my observations." Based on the intensity of its reflected...