[MIham] Asteroid Flyby

[Frank]

Space Weather News for April 17, 2007
http://spaceweather.com

ASTEROID FLYBY:  Newly discovered asteroid 2007 HA is flying past Earth
today about 2.5 million kilometers away. There's no danger of a collision,
but it is an interesting flyby: the asteroid is big (300 meters wide),
bright (13th to 14th magnitude), and an easy target for large backyard
telescopes.  A beautiful movie of 2007 HA streaking among the stars of Virgo
on April 16th is featured on today's edition of http://spaceweather.com;
tonight the asteroid cuts through the Big Dipper where undoubtedly it will
be photographed by many astronomers.

CRESCENT MOON:  A super-slender crescent Moon emerges from the glare of the
sun this evening, April 17th, and will proceed over the next few nights to
glide by Comet 2P/Encke, the Pleiades star cluster and the planet Venus.
Visit http://spaceweather.com daily for sky maps and observing tips.

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