Amateur Astronomer Spots Winking Asteroid

Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 15:20 in Astronomy & Space

Asteroid 2011 GP59 as imaged on the night of April 11, 2011 by amateur astronomer Nick James of Chelmsford, Essex, England. At the time, the asteroid was approximately 3,356,000 kilometers (2,081,000 mile) away.

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