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Offline BeSeeingYou

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Near miss, astronomically speaking
« on: November 05, 2011, 05:56:48 PM »
A large asteroid 2005 YU55 will pass by inside the orbit of the moon about 200,000 miles out on Tuesday.

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Re: Near miss, astronomically speaking
« Reply #1 on: November 05, 2011, 06:37:21 PM »
Crazy, right?  Seems to be happening more frequently.

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Re: Near miss, astronomically speaking
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2011, 02:46:02 PM »
I wonder if anyone on the planet will be able to see it?
No matter how many times you paint over a shadow, it's still there.
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Re: Near miss, astronomically speaking
« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2011, 03:00:58 PM »
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Re: Near miss, astronomically speaking
« Reply #5 on: November 08, 2011, 04:29:42 PM »
You need something 6 inch or bigger and luckily I have 8 inches.  Telescope of course ;D but it is cloudy here tonight so I won't be able to view it.  Would not be that hard to find either. :(

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Re: Near miss, astronomically speaking
« Reply #6 on: November 08, 2011, 07:08:21 PM »
I saw it through a telescoppe on TV.
No matter how many times you paint over a shadow, it's still there.
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Re: Near miss, astronomically speaking
« Reply #7 on: November 08, 2011, 11:12:54 PM »
I saw it through a telescoppe on TV.

Sounds better than standing outside freezing my ass off....like I would have been doing. ;D  I'll have to go find it on youtube.

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Re: Near miss, astronomically speaking
« Reply #8 on: November 09, 2011, 04:26:39 AM »
cloudy as hell here in mich
couldn't see a thing
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