Halloween Asteroid is a Radar Science Treat

JPL scientist Marina Brozovic explains how radar will be used to study asteroid 2015 TB145 when it safely passes Earth on Oct. 31, 2015.  Scientists are tracking the Halloween flyby with several optical observatories and the radar capabilities of the agency's Deep Space Network at Goldstone, California.  Radar images should be available within a few days of the flyby.
The asteroid will fly past Earth at a safe distance slightly farther than the moon's orbit on Oct. 31 at 10:01 a.m. PDT (1:01 p.m. EDT). Scientists are treating the flyby of the estimated 1,300-foot-wide (400-meter) asteroid as a science target of opportunity. Full story at http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php...

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