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NASA Spots the ‘Great Pumpkin’: Halloween Asteroid a Treat for Radar Astronomers

Asteroid 2015 TB145
This is a graphic depicting the orbit of asteroid 2015 TB145. The asteroid will safely fly past Earth slightly farther out than the moon’s orbit on Oct. 31 at 10:05 a.m. Pacific (1:05 p.m. EDT and 17:05 UTC). Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 30, 2015. NASA scientists are tracking the upcoming Halloween flyby of asteroid 2015 TB145 with several optical observatories and the radar capabilities of the agency’s Deep Space Network at Goldstone, California. The asteroid…

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