[meteorite-list] Sun Eruption and Close Earth Flyby of Asteroid 2003 UV11

[Ron Baalke]

Space Weather News for Oct. 28, 2010
http://spaceweather.com

SUN TWISTER:  Earlier today, NASA's Solar Dynamics 
Observatory (SDO) recorded a spectacular eruption 
on the sun's northeastern limb.  An unstable 
magnetic filament hundreds of thousands of kilometers 
long pirouetted and launched a fragment of itself 
into space.  Earth was not in the line of fire, 
but the SDO movie is worth seeing anyway.  Visit 
http://spaceweather.com for cinema.  

ASTEROID FLYBY:  Asteroid 2003 UV11 will fly past Earth 
on Oct. 29th and 30th at a distance of only 1.2 million 
miles. Experienced amateur astronomers should have little 
trouble photographing the 600-meter wide space rock as it 
glides through the constellation Pegasus on Friday night, 
glowing about as brightly as a 12th magnitude star. 
Observers in North America and Europe are favored. 
Check http://spaceweather.com for ephemerides and more 
information.