An Asteroid with Its Own Moon Will Zip Past Earth Tonight

1999 KW4 measures about I mile wide and is accompanied by a smaller satellite with an orbit of about 16 hours , the pair are traveling at around 48,000 mph


1999 KW4 will pass several times the distance between the Earth and Moon so causes no danger to us , it won't return until 2036.
Telescope owners have sighting opportunities from yesterday until Monday , here's a view of the asteroid yesterday transiting the sky.

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a reply to: gortex

I wonder what kind of research material LINEAR is able to collect?

Keep your eye on that asteroid, while we watch it fly by, it's army of cloaked three foot asteroids will pelt New York. Of course there will be those who will blame the Russians for sending the army of stones.

a reply to: rickymouse

I wonder that can it pick up hitchhikers.

And is a two way ticket possible?

a reply to: solve

I think it's a bit far out , it'll be gone by the time you get there.
Sorry.

a reply to: gortex

"Smaller satellite"?....I see discrimination here. Why only the big one has a name?

a reply to: Trueman

I hereby name it Tim.
An injustice righted.

originally posted by: gortex
a reply to: Trueman
I hereby name it Tim.
An injustice righted.

It's a boy !

a reply to: gortex

In theory, if one would want to send probes on the surface to collect samples and,, well just test equipment, and would use unmanned probes, it would take more or less a hundred hours with older tech.

And we have come a long way since new horizons, so i would imagine that the probes would have needed to be sent on their way on the 23rd.

originally posted by: Trueman

originally posted by: gortex
a reply to: Trueman
I hereby name it Tim.
An injustice righted.

It's a boy !

Assuming gender.

I'm triggered.

a reply to: Trueman

It identifies as one, anyway.

a reply to: gortex

The "moon" may give it an unstable orbit. Lets hope it doesn't hit the Earth or our moon next time around.

S&F

originally posted by: Trueman

originally posted by: gortex
a reply to: Trueman
I hereby name it Tim.
An injustice righted.

It's a boy !

Tim can be a girl's name too!
-In honor of Kelly the donkey

a reply to: gortex

Yes and it seems Peru had an 8.0 quake that was felt on opposite side of earth,they never mention when objects come into our orbit they have a devastating effect,we live in an electric universe,these planets have an obvious effect on earth,they are scavengers of energy

a reply to: Trueman

Its name is "S/2001 (66391) 1".

a reply to: ArMaP

It'll always be Tim to me.