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Asteroid 2007 HA is flying past the Earth: Right NOW!

Science - Space

Asteroid 2007 HA, which was just discovered this year, is flying past the Earth today (April 17, 2007) at about 2.5 million kilometers (1.6 million miles).

The asteroid is about 300 meters (894 feet) wide and will be very bright (a 13th or 14th magnitude).

You should be easily able to see it with a large amateur telescope.

To view a video of 2007 HA flying within the constellation Virgo star cluster on April 16, 2007, go to: http://spaceweather.com, the Web page of Dr. Tony Phillips titled SpaceWeather.com.

At this time, it was flying at about 47,000 miles per hour.