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Asteroid 2020SO AKA Centaur upper stage, Rob Johnson

Asteroid 2020SO AKA Centaur upper stage

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Managed to capture this object despite the full moon nearby as it sped through Gemini.

This was designated as an asteroid in September on first discovery but subsequent analysis showed it was very close to Earth in 1966. In all probability this is the upper stage of the Centaur launch vehicle which launched Surveyor to the Moon in 1966.

My image seems to confirm this as the object is rotating every ~10s and glinting in the Moonlight?

This gif is 3 images of 60s each.

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