dvdp: is this asteroid 2011 MD? Cannot be, for the Bad Astronomer, Phil Plait, wrote on Twitter earlier today: 2011 MD won’t get any brighter than mag 12, about 1/200th as bright as faintest star you can see w/your eye. #ThatsFaint It’s a pretty neat .gif regardless, though…

dvdp:

is this asteroid 2011 MD?

Cannot be, for the Bad Astronomer, Phil Plait, wrote on Twitter earlier today:

2011 MD won’t get any brighter than mag 12, about 1/200th as bright as faintest star you can see w/your eye. #ThatsFaint

It’s a pretty neat .gif regardless, though…

(via smoot)

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