[meteorite-list] Sun Eruption and Close Earth Flyby of Asteroid 2003 UV11

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:44:16 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <201010282044.o9SKiG7P011453_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

Space Weather News for Oct. 28, 2010
http://spaceweather.com

SUN TWISTER: Earlier today, NASA's Solar Dynamics
Observatory (SDO) recorded a spectacular eruption
on the sun's northeastern limb. An unstable
magnetic filament hundreds of thousands of kilometers
long pirouetted and launched a fragment of itself
into space. Earth was not in the line of fire,
but the SDO movie is worth seeing anyway. Visit
http://spaceweather.com for cinema.

ASTEROID FLYBY: Asteroid 2003 UV11 will fly past Earth
on Oct. 29th and 30th at a distance of only 1.2 million
miles. Experienced amateur astronomers should have little
trouble photographing the 600-meter wide space rock as it
glides through the constellation Pegasus on Friday night,
glowing about as brightly as a 12th magnitude star.
Observers in North America and Europe are favored.
Check http://spaceweather.com for ephemerides and more
information.
Received on Thu 28 Oct 2010 04:44:16 PM PDT