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Showing posts with label Asteroid 2013 MZ5. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Asteroid 2013 MZ5. Show all posts

Thursday, June 27, 2013

Asteroid 2013 MZ5


Asteroid 2013 MZ5 as seen by the University of Hawaii's PanSTARR-1 telescope. In this animated gif, the asteroid moves relative to a fixed background of stars. Asteroid 2013 MZ5 is in the right of the first image, towards the top, moving diagonally left/down.

Image credit: PS-1/UH

Note: For more information, see Ten Thousandth Near-Earth Object Unearthed in Space; also, Ten Thousandth Near-Earth Object Discovered.