Waspie_Dwarf Posted December 22, 2018 #1 Share Posted December 22, 2018 Holiday Asteroid Imaged with NASA Radar Quote The December 2018 close approach by the large, near-Earth asteroid 2003 SD220 has provided astronomers an outstanding opportunity to obtain detailed radar images of the surface and shape of the object and to improve the understanding of its orbit. The asteroid will fly safely past Earth on Saturday, Dec. 22, at a distance of about 1.8 million miles (2.9 million kilometers). This will be the asteroid's closest approach in more than 400 years and the closest until 2070, when the asteroid will safely approach Earth slightly closer. Read More: NASA 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Not A Rockstar Posted December 23, 2018 #2 Share Posted December 23, 2018 I was wondering if the surface is all dusty like the one landed on earlier this year or if it had all blown off and was smooth rocky ice. Yeah I can see a profile on the first pic now you mention it. That is cute. Like spotting forms in the clouds 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Not A Rockstar Posted December 23, 2018 #3 Share Posted December 23, 2018 "Anyone else seeing the Star Child in the first image?" @seanjo wait, is this something going the rounds or were you just talking silly for a minute that it looked like a baby profile? That ain't no star child in there if you weren't joking and someone thinks so. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted December 23, 2018 Author #4 Share Posted December 23, 2018 5 minutes ago, Not A Rockstar said: "Anyone else seeing the Star Child in the first image?" @seanjo wait, is this something going the rounds or were you just talking silly for a minute that it looked like a baby profile? That ain't no star child in there if you weren't joking and someone thinks so. I think you'll find that he is referencing the first image which looks like the profile of a baby's face. It's reminiscent of the star child from 2001 A Space Odyssey. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Area Posted December 23, 2018 #5 Share Posted December 23, 2018 8 hours ago, seanjo said: Anyone else seeing the Star Child in the first image? I thought it looked more like Hanky the Christmas poo to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imaginarynumber1 Posted December 25, 2018 #6 Share Posted December 25, 2018 H I P P O P O T A M U S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qxcontinuum Posted December 31, 2018 #7 Share Posted December 31, 2018 So wouldn't it look like omoumomma? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted December 31, 2018 Author #8 Share Posted December 31, 2018 3 hours ago, qxcontinuum said: So wouldn't it look like omoumomma? I take it you mean 'Oumuamua? Why would a near Earth asteroid look like an interstellar comet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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