[meteorite-list] Close Shave Asteroids

From: Mike Hankey <mike.hankey_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 18:52:38 -0400
Message-ID: <AANLkTikfSgny2t4tqh6PG2Uy0JGDuadRa59xj=TU98x3_at_mail.gmail.com>

I read two asteroids came pretty close to earth today.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2010/09/harvard_scienti_1.html

Here's a video of one of them.

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/09/asteroid-animation-2/

in the first frame of the video, there's something to the left of the
asteroid, looks kind of like a plume, and fades out over frames 2 & 3.
Probably just a camera artifact or something, but seems odd.
Received on Wed 08 Sep 2010 06:52:38 PM PDT


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