[Info-vax] Space rock makes close approach, watched by OpenVMS

[IanMiller]

"An asteroid which may be as big as a ten-storey building has passed
close by the Earth, astronomers say.

The object, known as 2009 DD45, thought to be 21-47m (68-152ft)
across, raced by our planet at 1344 GMT on Monday.

The gap was just 72,000 km (44,750 miles); a fifth of the distance
between our planet and the Moon. #2

More at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7921279.stm

It was watched by this splendid collection of VMS systems
http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/Ack/TamkinFoundation.html

Astronomical details at http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/mpec/K09/K09E02.html