One of the most elongated asteroids ever imaged by planetary radar was closely tracked by NASA's Deep Space Network.
Pasadena, CA – On February 3rd, 2023 NASA reports that an asteroid more than three times as long as it is wide safely flew past Earth at a distance of about 1.1 million miles (1.8 million kilometers, or a little under five times the distance between the Moon and Earth).
NASA team spots a 1600-foot oddly shaped asteroid as big as Empire State Building - Science News
Image shows what NASA has described as "one of the most elongated asteroids" ever pictured by their radar called 2011 AG5. (File Photo: NASA) Photograph:(Others)
A 1600 feet long, oddly shaped celestial object called 2011 AG5 flew past Earth on February 3, said NASA adding that the asteroid's dimensions are comparable to the Empire State Building.
Chinese asteroid-detection system enters new phase of construction | Space
The "China Compound Eye" or Fuyan project will create a network of radar antennae that will bounce radar signals off distant objects to image and track asteroids and determine if they could threaten Earth.
A first phase consisting of four, 54-foot-diameter (16 meters) radars located near Chongqing in southwest China was completed (opens in new tab) last December. Scientists then pinged signals off the moon to verify the feasibility of the system and its key technologies.
Amateur astronomers reveal that Asteroid 2022 NX1 is earth's mini-moon | Marca
A mini-moon is an asteroid that the Earth traps in its gravity and that enters into the same orbit as our planet.
These objects can share some rotations with our planet and then disappear and this is the case of Asteroid 2022 NX1 , first detected by amateur astronomers in Namibia.
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