Space Weather News for Sept. 7, 2016
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ASTEROID DOUBLE FLYBY:  On Sept. 7th, a newly discovered asteroid about the
size of a large grey whale flew over the south pole of Earth only 25,000 miles
away. For scale, that's only a few thousand miles above the orbits of typical
geosynchronous satellites. After the Earth flyby, the space rock turned and
headed in the general direction of the Moon, executing a wider flyby of
179,000 miles on Sept. 8th. Where will this asteroid go next? Visit
http://spaceweather.com for answers and photos of today's encounter with Earth.
 
BRIGHT AURORAS:  A broad solar wind stream hit Earth on Sept. 1st, sparking a
display of bright auroras around the Arctic Circle that is only now fully
subsiding.  Did you miss it?  Browse our Aurora Photo Gallery for highlights.
 
Today's Space Weather alert is sponsored by Young's Photo Gallery.  Thank you,
James Young!
 
 
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Regards,
 
Roger

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