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Asteroid WEBF312 flyby, 2015 (GIF)

Asteroid WEBF312 flyby, 2015 (GIF)
Asteroid WEBF312 flyby, 2015 (GIF) On the night of March 11 and morning of March 12, 2015, an asteroid named WEBF312 flew past the Earth at a distance of about 100,000 kilometers—just two-and-a-half times the distance between the Earth and Moon. These images were captured by Planetary Society NEO Shoemaker Grant winner Herman Mikuž. Herman Mikuž / Črni Vrh Observatory, Slovenia