[FOTZeiss] Fw: Sun Twister/Asteroid Flyby

[Glenn A. Walsh]

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--- On Thu, 10/28/10, SpaceWeather.com <swlist at spaceweather.com> wrote:

> From: SpaceWeather.com <swlist at spaceweather.com>
> Subject: Sun Twister Eruption
> To: "SpaceWeather.com" <swlist at spaceweather.com>
> Date: Thursday, October 28, 2010, 2:09 PM

> Space Weather News for Oct. 28, 2010
> http://spaceweather.com
> 
> SUN TWISTER:  Earlier today, NASA's Solar Dynamics
> Observatory (SDO) recorded a spectacular eruption on the
> sun's northeastern limb.  An unstable magnetic filament
> hundreds of thousands of kilometers long pirouetted and
> launched a fragment of itself into space.  Earth was
> not in the line of fire, but the SDO movie is worth seeing
> anyway.  Visit http://spaceweather.com for cinema. 
> 
> 
> ASTEROID FLYBY:  Asteroid 2003 UV11 will fly past
> Earth on Oct. 29th and 30th at a distance of only 1.2
> million miles. Experienced amateur astronomers should have
> little trouble photographing the 600-meter wide space rock
> as it glides through the constellation Pegasus on Friday
> night, glowing about as brightly as a 12th magnitude star.
> Observers in North America and Europe are favored. Check http://spaceweather.com for ephemerides and more
> information.
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