Near-Earth-Asteroid 2015 TB145 Passes Nearby on 2015 OCT 31

[Curt Renz]

Near-Earth-Asteroid (NEO) 2015 TB145 is about 0.5 km in diameter and expected to pass 1.27 lunar distances from Earth on 2015 OCT 31 at 15:14 UT (10:14 CDT).

Wikipedia Article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_TB145

I’ve created a view from north of the solar system, an equatorial chart and a geocentric ephemeris. They can be viewed at www.CurtRenz.com/asteroids.html

Photos and descriptions of the asteroid would be welcome additions to this thread.

 

[Lloyd]

Here is a movable view from NASA, Hit Play from the controls below the image.

http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2015%20TB145;old=0;orb=1;cov=0;log=0;cad=1#orb

 

[Curt Renz]

I've added an hourly ephemeris for the asteroid in addition to the daily ephemeris that was already there: www.CurtRenz.com/asteroids.html

 

[astrothad]

I shot this series of 20 second exposures last night when the asteroid passed within a degree of the Crab Nebula:

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[Curt Renz]

I shot this series of 20 second exposures last night when the asteroid passed within a degree of the Crab Nebula:

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Cool.