Saturday, June 25, 2011

asteroid approaching earth

Asteroids the size of the office so that almost hit Earth on Monday - 23 times closer to the moon.
When the ice in which to reach a height of 11,000 miles from Earth, it will produce light visible through the telescope, according to experts, today.
It can only be viewed through a telescope in New Mexico robot on Wednesday and is studying the sky to see signs of danger like that. It was organized by the Research Centre Minor Planet-planet International Astronomical Union in Massachusetts.
Search results are then confirmed by Peter Birtwhistle, individuals have found a number of asteroids of his own observatory in the UK and have the pictures of Great Shefford in Berkshire.
Only in Britain the following day, when the asteroid is named 2011 AOL, reaching close to the southern hemisphere.

However, astronomers elsewhere in South America, can see through the Earth asteroids with a light at night.
CA said the size of asteroid 2011 from 10 to 50 meters.
He asteroid expert, Dr. Emily Baldwin, "we certainly will not reach the Earth, but if it passes the Earth's atmosphere, an asteroid can be shared and a few meteorites. "
November 8, the asteroid is 400 meters wide and weighs 50 tonnes, was called in 2005 YU55 will go into lunar orbit dijangkaka.
Through the Earth at a distance of only 201,000 miles, the largest asteroid, is a near-Earth objects, and we knew before.

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