PULL · 20 APR 2017

This was
your sky.

Asteroid 2014 JO25

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COSMIC MESSAGE

NASA's Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex used its 70-meter antenna to image asteroid 2014 JO25. This grid of 30 radar images reveals the asteroid's two-lobed shape, which rotates about once every five hours. Its largest lobe is approximately 610 meters across. This potentially hazardous asteroid safely passed Earth on April 19.

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Asteroid 2014 JO25
2017-04-20 · ♉
SKYBORN
Asteroid 2014 JO25
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BORN 3356 days ago
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Move your cursor across the card to tilt it. Holographic foil ripples through the edges and surface as you go.

ZODIAC CONTEXT
TAURUS

In tropical astrology, 20 APR 2017 falls under Taurus (♉). The sign's window runs from 04-20 through 05-20. Taurus holds the Pleiades star cluster and Aldebaran, the red giant that marks the eye of the Bull. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 20 APR 2017.

THE ALMANAC FOR 20 APR 2017
DAY
Thursday
MOON
Last quarter, 34% lit
POSITION
Day 110 of 365
METEOR SHOWER
Lyrid shower, peaks in 2 days