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Asteroid 2012 TC4 flyby

Asteroid 2012 TC4 flyby

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This remarkable footage shows the flyby of asteroid 2012 TC4 during the night of 11/12 October 2017. At the time this was recorded, the estimated 10-20 m-diameter asteroid was approaching Earth. It made its closest approach at 07:41 CEST on 12 October, just 43 782 km away – much closer than the Moon and inside the orbit of some satellites.

This was captured by astronomers Peter Schlatter and Dominik Bodenmann working at the ZIMLAT telescope at the Swiss Optical Ground Station and Geodynamics Observatory operated by the Astronomical Institute of the University of Bern (AIUB).

Credit: AIUB http://www.aiub.unibe.ch

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12 responses to “Asteroid 2012 TC4 flyby”

  1. Scharfe Limo

    When is one finally going to catch an orbit and create a second moon.

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  2. Michael Roach

    Okay that was a close one. Well at least we’re still alive.

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  3. jospi2

    The average distance Earth – Moon is 384.400 km, how can this be closer then?

    Edit: They corrected the description, it was 433 782 before.

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  4. Nathan Jessep

    video needs a WHOOOSH sound… =P

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  5. Ganidhsry

    Ok..call me a fool….but tell me which speck is Earth??? N what are other specks???

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  6. caste0

    Nice shooting stars 0:04 and 0:09 !

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  7. DrCRAZY

    So ein Spiel hatte ich auch mal. Glaube Anfang der 80er. Hieß glaube ich Asteroids auf dem Atari… 😉
    (Bitte auch Humorvoll auffassen.)

    I Think i had this game befor. Early 80s i think. Called Asteroids on the Atari system.
    (Please, remember, this is humor.)

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  8. Todd Fabyanic (Youtube Channel)

    Looks like a retro video game millions of dollars in tax money which we the people pay for and this is the best footage we get I want my money back crappy but funny I’ll say that

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  9. MrVipitis

    What was the apparent magnitude?

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  10. Deponianer

    Sure it wasn't just a tiny fly on your telescope?? ^^.

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  11. dave meyer

    Die youtube trends werden aber auch immer spannender!😂

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  12. Maddalena Cipriani

    😍😍😍😍😍

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