Asteroid 2004 BL86 has a moon

Asteroid 2004 BL86 has a moon

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MartG

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20,678 posts

204 months

Monday 26th January 2015
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The asteroid 2004 BL86, which passed close to Earth today, has been found to have a moon - the link has video of radar imagery showing it orbiting the asteroid

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4459


scubadude

2,618 posts

197 months

Tuesday 27th January 2015
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Thanks for posting.

Anyone would think "space" is full of stuff floating around ;-)

jmorgan

36,010 posts

284 months

Tuesday 27th January 2015
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Always wondered how small you can go and have a moon.

Next biggy along in 2027? That we know about anyway.

Oakey

27,567 posts

216 months

Sunday 1st February 2015
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That's no moon....

Sorry... getmecoat