Most of you are probably already aware that asteroid 1950 DA will have a
close encounter with the Earth, and possibly a collision, on March 16,
2880.
I tried to see where Guide would predict it would be on that date, but
when I changed to that date in Guide and used "Go To"/"Asteroid" I got a
message that says "1950 DA is not an asteroid". If you use the current
date, it does locate the asteroid, and has the number of 29075.
Is there any way to project the orbit that far into the future in Guide?
Thanks in advance.
BTW, the URL for the article is:
http://www.astronomy.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/000/815xuago.a
sp
Roger Curry
Jacksonville, FL
Visit the Northeast Florida Astronomical Society website at
www.nefas.org
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