Asteroid 2014 RC's Close Fly-By Snapped By Lowell Observatory | Video

Monday, September 8, 2014 - 17:00 in Astronomy & Space

The space rock flew within 21,000 miles of the surface of Earth on September 7th, 2014. A. Thirouin, B. Skiff, and N. Moskovitz analyzed the brightness variations using the Lowell Observatory's 1.1m Hall telescope in Arizona.

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