2003 HT42 is a tiny asteroid estimated at about 35-45 meters/yards wide that travels almost entirely inside Earth's orbit. MIT's LINEAR survey program caught it on April 29th in the constellation Libra during a rare appearance in night skies. Over the next 12 days, observers measured HT42's progress across Hydra as it fell behind Earth and then disappeared Sunward. It had come to within six lunar distances on the best viewing opportunity of this century. |  | Participating observatories
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