Halloween to the Earth close asteroid in the shape of a skull
This is actually a dead comet.
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In the beginning of November to the Ground for the first time in 2015 will approach the asteroid 2015 TB145 known fact that resembles a human skull.
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It was first discovered on 10 October 2015. Observations of near-earth asteroid was led by the Pan-STARRS Observatory using a 1.8-meter telescope of the Ritchey — chrétien. On the eve of the Catholic feast of all saints, he became close with the Earth on the minimum distance for himself — 480 000 km, after which he received the nickname, “Halloween.”
The first radar images showed that 2015 TB145 similar to a human skull. Scientists believe that this is actually a degenerate comet that lost most of its volatile substances and therefore, when approaching the Sun no longer make up the tail.
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Immediately after Halloween, which in the West is celebrated on 31 October, an asteroid with a diameter of about 600 meters again close to our planet approximately a quarter of the distance between the Earth and the Sun. It can be observed in Amateur telescopes intermediate level and above.
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