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

[AEF]

On Mar 3, 11:55 am, IanMiller <g... at uk2.net> wrote:
> "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 athttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7921279.stm
>
> It was watched by this splendid collection of VMS systemshttp://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/Ack/TamkinFoundation.html
>
> Astronomical details athttp://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/mpec/K09/K09E02.html

Looks like three aging humanoids to me! &-)

Seriously, good to see. Thanks for the news.

AEF