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Asteroid 2015 RN35 in Canis minor, Manuel Peitsch

Asteroid 2015 RN35 in Canis minor

Asteroid 2015 RN35 in Canis minor, Manuel Peitsch

Asteroid 2015 RN35 in Canis minor

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Description

Asteroid 2015 RN35 (NEO) made its close approach to Earth on 2022-Dec-15 08:12 (0.00459 au or 688'500 Km). I followed it from 2022-12-17UT23:19:37 to 2022-12-18UT00:54:18.

Location (Plates solved with ASTAP):
Start of the observation: RA/DEC= 07:13:47.4 +01:25:34
End of the observation: RA/DEC= 07:15:17.7 +01 48 00.0

Hence:
Distance:31.86'
Time interval=95'
Vavg=20.00"/min

Other info:
Absolute Mag: 23.1
Apparent Mag on observation day: 14.5
SIze: 60-140 m

The image is an animation of 3x120s, followed by 13x300s and finally 20s60s.

Images were registered, slightly adjusted (curve and denoise) and cropped to create this animated gif.

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