ASTEROID FLYBY: 17-04-2007

[Whitters]

ASTEROID FLYBY:  Newly discovered asteroid 2007 HA is flying past Earth today about 2.5 million kilometers away. There's no danger of a collision, but it is an interesting flyby: the asteroid is big (300 meters wide), bright (13th to 14th magnitude), and an easy target for large backyard telescopes.  A beautiful movie of 2007 HA streaking among the stars of Virgo on April 16th is featured on today's edition of http://spaceweather.com tonight the asteroid cuts through the Big Dipper where undoubtedly it will be photographed by many astronomers.