Asteroid 2005 YU55 Approaches Close Earth Flyby
This radar image of asteroid 2005 YU55 was obtained NASA Deep Space Network antenna in Goldstone, Calif. on Nov. 7, 2011, when the space rock was at 3.6 lunar distances, which is about 860,000 miles, or 1.38 million kilometers, from Earth.
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NASA ID
PIA15019
Date Created
November 7, 2011
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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