ASTEROID MOVIE

[FLO]

A mile-wide asteroid (2000 PN9) flew past Earth on March 6th at a close but safe distance of two million miles. Using a 16-inch Meade telescope and a digital video camera, Bob Forrest of Hertford, UK, recorded the encounter: "I was surprised how rapidly the asteroid moved." His video spans 8 minutes and shows the asteroid racing through the constellation Pisces:

http://www.spaceweather.com/

[OXO]

Thats well Ace that good find Steve

[lunator]

Steve

Interesting video. Fascinating to watch

Cheers

Ian

[GordonCopestake]

scary stuff! Whats 2million miles between friends?

[trekker308]

Caz

Like an idiot I jump in here full of ignorance, but I reckon they must time the travel across their field of view and can then work out the distance from us - Pythagerthingy's Theorem and all that - Hey, what do I know??