Apollo-type potentially hazardous asteroid (143404) 2003 BD44

[Guy Wells]

(143404) 2003 BD44 is an Apollo-type potentially hazardous asteroid with a diameter of 1.3-2.9 km (the exact size is unknown). It is observable at +13.1 mag, making it one of the brightest Near Earth asteroids of the year. 2003 BD44 will come within 0.06 AU (8.3 million km) from Earth on April 18th, when it will be a very strong target for radar observations.

[Stu]

Excellent capture! What kit was used for this?

[Guy Wells]

250mm Ritchey Chretien astrograph
Atik 414ex

[wimvb]

Great. It seems to be moving fast. What is the time frame of the animation?

[Guy Wells]

This is a mere 15 minutes.

[laudropb]

Very nice capture. That is moving fast.

[Alien 13]

Nice capture I just hope none of the trailing debris hits us.

Alan

[RichLD]

Great capture - blimey, that is fast