Monster Asteroid 2004 BL86 to sweep close on January 26
The asteroid, named 2004 BL86 by scientists, is between 440 to 1,000 meters in diameter. The rock is expected to fly at a distance of 1.2 million kilometre – a …
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Asteroid 2004 BL86 Has a Small Moon
Asteroid 2004 BL86 passed Earth on Jan. 26, 2015 at 16:19 UTC (11:19am EST). This “movie” of the asteroid was generated from radar data collected on that date by NASA’s …
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Surprise!Asteroid 2004 BL86 has a small companion moon!
Monday, January 26, 2015, Astronomers took the opportunity to examine a massive asteroid with radar today, as it passed by us at a safe distance, and they were rewarded in …
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New Views of Asteroid 2004 BL86
This movie of asteroid 2004 BL86 and its small moon was created from radar data obtained by NASA’s Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, Ca., and the Green Bank Telescope …
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