Asteroid 2006 VV2

Only about the size of a mountain, this asteroid passed by Earth at a distance of only about 3 million kilometers on March 30, 2007. Roughly 24 hours before its closest approach, I captured a series of images of the asteroid. The best complete sequence of these images is shown here in animation and composite versions. (Meade ETX-105 telescope, 25 mm eyepiece, Kodak Z730 camera)



NameDist. (au)Mag.Diameter (km)Time(1)Time(2)Exposures
2006 VV2 0.0253~10~1.52007/03/30 02:312007/03/30 03:0350x12sec