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Mile-long asteroid 1998 OR2 dons 'mask' before Earth flyby


LazyHippo

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Alright, so a lot of asteroids pass nearby or desintegrated themselves in Earth approach but this one showed some particularity in some photos and will flyby by Earth at a distance of 3.9 million miles (6.3 million kilometers) on April 29. Today on some photos it seems its wearing a "mask" with some imagination:

 

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Video of its movement and approach:

 

 

 

More at: https://www.space.com/asteroid-1998-or2-wearing-mask.html

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That first pic looks so strange.  My mind just does not associate astronomy with medical masks at all!  :( 

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