Call for Lightcurves: Fast Flyby of Near-Earth Asteroid 2005 YU55
Abstract
As noted in the Photometry Opportunities article (this issue), on November 8, 2011 at 23:28 UT the approximately 400-meter Ctype asteroid 2005 YU55 will pass inside the Moonís orbit at 0.0022 AU (85% of the Earth-Moon distance) and reach a brightness of V~11. Such an encounter for an asteroid of this size occurs but once every few decades and thus enables a host of exciting and novel scientific investigations.
- Publication:
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Minor Planet Bulletin
- Pub Date:
- October 2011
- Bibcode:
- 2011MPBu...38..220M