6 Feb
2007
6 Feb
'07
9:40 p.m.
On 31 March, a 2-km wide asteroid named 2006 VV2 will shoot past the Earth. There's no danger of a collision as it will be nearly 9 times farther away than the Moon. The flyby is interesting because it is so bright, between 9th and 10th magnitude, making it an easy target for backyard telescopes with CCD cameras and maybe even large binoculars. But when it does get close look quick as, at closest approach it will be moving across the sky at just over 1 arc minute per minute. 3D orbit: http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/db?name=2006+VV2 Ephemeris: http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/Ephemerides/Unusual/ K06V02V.html pw