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Unmanned Spaceflight.com _ Cometary and Asteroid Missions _ 2004 Mn4

Posted by: blobrana Aug 8 2005, 01:21 PM

The Asteroid 99942 Aphophis (2004 MN4) makes it closest approach to Earth (0.268 AU) on 8th August.

Those in the know will understand that it is worth observing.

Posted by: TheChemist Aug 8 2005, 01:35 PM

Could those in the know kindly post images of their observations, they will surely be appreciated by those of us "not in the know"

Posted by: JRehling Aug 8 2005, 02:14 PM

QUOTE (TheChemist @ Aug 8 2005, 06:35 AM)

Could those in the know kindly post images of their observations, they will surely be appreciated by those of us "not in the know"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_MN4

Posted by: TheChemist Aug 8 2005, 03:09 PM

Thanks for the link JRehling.
I read blobrana's post as an encouragement to amateur astronomers to observe today's passing, that's why I asked for images.
Now that I reread blobrana's post, I think I probably missunderstood his words ; of course there is no doubt that we have to carefully monitor this asteroid every time we get the opportunity.