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Old 10-30-2015, 09:31 PM
 
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A radar image of the "Halloween" asteroid taken by the Arecibo Observatory shows the object looks like a creepy skull. The object will safely fly by the Earth on Halloween. The object is estimated to be about 1000 feet long and might possibly be a dead comet. Let's see now, dead comet, creepy skull, Halloween...

Skull-shaped asteroid will fly past Earth on Halloween

Skull-shaped dead comet will hurtle past Earth on Halloween - LA Times
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Old 11-01-2015, 10:29 PM
 
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Old 11-04-2015, 08:50 AM
 
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New animation of Halloween Asteroid 2015 TB145 images from Arecibo Radar on Twitter show some interesting surface features. The asteroid will pass by the Earth again in 2018 at a distance of about 24 million miles.

https://twitter.com/AreciboRadar/sta...rc=twsrc%5Etfw

Halloween Asteroid 2015 TB145 Bares All In Radar Images
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