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Photographer:

Mike Olason

Location of Photo:

Denver Colorado

Date/Time of photo:

8 October 2017, 0556UT

Equipment:

11" SCT f/6.4 and STF-8300M CCD Camera

Description:

Asteroid 2012 TC4 is only 1.42 million miles from Earth in these images on it's way to a close approach to Earth on October 12 at 0542UT. The asteroid is magnitude 18.9 in these images. The 2 upper right insets are each 180 second images that show the asteroid's movement in the same star field from 0602UT to 0611UT.

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