Halloween
2015 TB 145 asteroid is coming very close to earth in November 2018. The asteroid
is famous for its close resemblance to the
human skull.
Halloween asteroid
was discovered in 2005 when it came at a distance of 4,86000 km away from earth.The return of this asteroid was
predicted a few days earlier from Hawaii using the Pan-STARRS telescope.
Halloween
2015 TB 145 is a rotating asteroid, It's
resemblance to the human hull is due to
the lighting condition at the particular point
of its rotation.
Astronomers
around the world including NASA are getting
ready to observe the asteroid to study
its characteristics.In this flyby, the asteroid will be at 150 times the
distance between the earth and the moon.
Researchers
telling that by analyzing the asteroids orbital eccentric and orbital tilt
the asteroid was once a comet.
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