2024-06-28 03:03:51
NARIT (Nationwide Astronomical Institute of the USA) reported photographs of the asteroid “2011 UL21” because it handed inside 6 million kilometers of Earth from the NARIT Automated Telescope at Spring Brook Observatory. Australia, June 27, 2024, 3:22 pm Thailand time.
Asteroid 2011 UL21, also referred to as 415029, is a member of the Apollo asteroid group with an orbit that intersects that of Earth. The asteroid has a diameter of between 1.7 and three.9 kilometers, about the identical measurement as Mount Everest. Due to this fact, it’s categorised as a PHA (Doubtlessly Hazardous Asteroid) or an asteroid that might pose a hazard to Earth.
Nonetheless, though asteroid 2011 UL21 is assessed as a PHA asteroid, at its closest method to Earth, it was as much as 6 million kilometers away from our planet, about 15 occasions the gap from the Earth to the Moon. Due to this fact, the probability of an asteroid inflicting hurt to our planet may be very small.
The animation exhibits the place of the little stars. It was created by combining dozens of nonetheless photographs collectively as the celebs within the background transfer. As a result of the asteroid is shifting throughout the sky at such a excessive velocity, it seems as a brief white line in every picture of the 8-second publicity.
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CR: Thanks for the knowledge and pictures from NARIT (Nationwide Astronomical Analysis Institute).
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