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Asteroid 2004 BL86

February 8, 2015 By Lead Astronomer

On January 26, 2015, the Putman Mountain Observatory telescope was pointed to a near earth object (referred to as an NEO designated 2004 BL86) that passed within 750,000 miles from Earth.  This asteroid was photographed in a timed video sequence of approximately 50 separate images.  Each image in the video sequence is a five second […]

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