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Description2005 YU55 approach 8-9 November 2011.gif
English: Animation of the trajectory of asteroid on the night of 8-9 November 2011. Orbital paths are shown from the Earth's reference frame. Over the course of the animation (27 hours) the Earth, Moon and asteroid each travel over 7.4 lunar distances (2.8 million kilometers; 1.7 million miles) through space. Arrows represent the asteroids apparent position at hourly intervals. The white arrow represents closest approach at 23:28 (UT).
Created by Joe Haythornthwaite. Adapted from original animation taken from NASA.
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2011-11-15 06:36 Nagualdesign 600×600× (118638 bytes) Corrected scale (1 Mkm not 10 Mkm!) Sorry. I guess I'm tired...
2011-11-15 06:06 Nagualdesign 600×600× (118892 bytes) Added apparent trajectory arrows. Improved match with starmap. Removed grid lines.
2011-11-12 08:43 Nagualdesign 700×700× (424979 bytes) Changed colours. Added background grid lines to show moving reference frame.
2011-11-11 06:23 Nagualdesign 700×700× (483771 bytes) '''English:''' Alternative animation of the trajectory of [[2005 YU55|asteroid {{mp|2005 YU|55}}]] on the night of 8-9 November 2011. Based on [[:File:541440main 2005 YU55 approach.gif|original animation]] taken from [http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/5
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