Close Approach of Asteroid 2013 XY8
Taken by Ernesto Guido, Nick Howes & Martino Nicolini on December 10, 2013 @
remotely from Faulkes Telescope South, Siding Spring
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Details:
2013 XY8 has an estimated size of 31 m - 68 m (based on the object's absolute magnitude H=24.7) and it will have a close approach with Earth at about 2 LD (Lunar Distances = ~384,000 kilometers) or 0.0051 AU (1 AU = ~150 million kilometers) at 1117 UT on 2013, December 11. This asteroid will reach the peak magnitude ~14.4 between December 10 & 11. You can see an animation here: http://bit.ly/1e3aVD0
Photographer's website:
http://remanzacco.blogspot.it/2013/12/close-approach-of-asteroid-2013-xy8.html
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