June 26, 2001 This
1.4 MB mpeg movie
shows 2001 ME1 racing across the sky at 7.3 degrees per day as
it approached Earth on June 26, 2001. The images, spanning a
2 hour period, were captured by John Rogers using a 0.30 meter
Schmidt-Cassegrain instrument at the Camarillo Observatory, 55
miles north of Los Angeles. A longer 3
MB mpg movie is also available. |