nasa.gov — Asteroid 2007 TU24 is "somewhat asymmetrical in shape, with a diameter roughly 250 meters (800 feet) in size. . . . [will] pass within 1.4 lunar distances, or 538,000 kilometers (334,000 miles), of Earth on Jan. 29 at 12:33 a.m. Pacific time (3:33 a.m. Eastern time)." It's the closest approach "until at least the end of the next century . . ."
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allaboutdatikiJan 27, 2008
pixlicious!
segiterrusJan 27, 2008
Heres the pic <a class="user" href="http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/209406main_tu24-20080125.jpg">http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/209406main_tu24 ...</a>but its f**ken pixelated...
vroom101Jan 27, 2008Submitter
That's the best they have -- a the present time. From the article (photo caption):*"These low-resolution radar images of asteroid 2007 TU24 were taken over a few hours by the Goldstone Solar System Radar Telescope in California's Mojave Desert. Image resolution is approximately 20-meters per pixel. Next week, the plan is to have a combination of several telescopes provide higher resolution images. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech"
Closed AccountJan 27, 2008
very descriptive
h0nsJan 27, 2008
I love all the small details you can see in that picture.
notoptiumJan 27, 2008
Wasn't that thing a boss in Pitfall?