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Rare 4-Kilometer-Long Asteroid 887 Alinda Makes A Spectacular Close Approach To Earth
A large asteroid is about to make its closest approach to Earth in 100 years. Over the coming days, it's so close you should be able to observe it yourself with only the aid of binoculars.
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Asteroid Alinda makes closest Earth pass in a century
In the coming days, we can observe one of the most spectacular astronomical events. Asteroid 887 Alinda, with a diameter of ...
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Asteroid Alinda's closest Earth approach in a century
We can observe one of the most spectacular astronomical events in the coming days. Asteroid 887 Alinda, with a diameter of ...
Once-A-Decade Event As 2.6 Miles-Wide Asteroid Hurtles Past Earth — How To See It
Alinda is one of the five largest near-Earth asteroids, coming closer than 9.3 million miles until the year 2200.
Asteroid ‘as big as Manhattan’ to brush past Earth – what would happen if it hit?
This apocalyptic object, the Chicxulub impactor, slammed into the sea just off the coast of modern-day Mexico. From it, shock ...
Watch the skies as huge asteroid approaching Earth visible this week
Asteroid 887 Alinda has been classed as a Near Earth Asteroid and will be visible with the naked eye from this weekend ...
Asteroid so big 'you can see it with binoculars' to skim past Earth
The space rock - named (887) Alinda - is so large it should be viewable with ordinary binoculars. With an estimated diameter ...
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Rare 4-kilometre asteroid to make its closest approach to earth in 100 years
A massive asteroid, (887) Alinda, is set to make its closest approach to Earth in a century, providing a spectacular ...
An asteroid the size of Salford is flying close to Earth this weekend
A rare asteroid the size of Salford is about to fly close to Earth. The space rock, named (887) Alinda, is so large that ...
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For the first time in 100 years. A 4 km wide asteroid, which can be seen through binoculars, approached the Earth
The large asteroid 887 Alinda, more than 4 km wide, is approaching the Earth as close as possible. Such close contact is the ...
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January 2025: What’s in the sky this month? The Moon occults Mars and the Pleiades, plus Mars reaches opposition
Witness a lunar occultation of both Mars and the Pleiades; plus, Mars reaches opposition and Venus and Saturn sit close ...
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January 2025: What’s in the sky this month? The Moon occults Mars and the Pleiades, plus Mars reaches opposition
Over on the south side of Castor on the 15th and cruising at 7′ per hour, 887 Alinda appears as a magnitude 9.5 dot that should be fun to follow in a 4-inch scope from the suburbs. Coming within ...