hey there alan, ive been pondering over this thought for a while now, what was it like to see that rocky mass in space?

Question: hey there alan, ive been pondering over this thought for a while now, what was it like to see that rocky mass in space?
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Asked by albertthesciguy to Alan on 10 Mar 2014.
- Alan Fitzsimmons answered on 10 Mar 2014:
  
  Which one? Myself and other astronomers I work with have spotted hundreds of thousands of asteroids going around our Sun.
  
  Whichever one you mean, it’s always neat to see another asteroid moving against the background stars and galaxies in the sky.

Question: hey there alan, ive been pondering over this thought for a while now, what was it like to see that rocky mass in space?