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Title    Two Asteroids Pass Earth
Date    Tuesday April 04 2017, @02:41AM
Author    martyb
Topic   
from the Where-is-the-Earth-shattering-kaboom? dept.
https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=17/04/04/0019208

butthurt writes:

CNET reports that two asteroids, 2017 FU102 and 2017 FT102, passed the Earth on 2 April and 3 April.

According to EarthSky,

The near-Earth asteroid 2017 FU102 was discovered by the Mt. Lemmon Survey in Arizona (USA) on 29 March 2017. Today (April 2, 2017), it will have a very close, but safe encounter with the Earth (about 0.6 times the mean distance of the moon).

[...] this ~10 meters large rock will reach its minimum distance from us of 143,000 miles (230,000 km).

The other object, 2017 FT102, is smaller and its approach to the Earth was at a greater distance. It was also discovered on 29 March.

[By comparison, the Chelyabinsk meteor was estimated to be 20 meters in diameter. --Ed.]

Further information:
2017 FU102 at IAU Minor Planet Center
2017 FT102 at IAU Minor Planet Center

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Original Submission

Links
  1. "butthurt" - https://soylentnews.org/~butthurt/
  2. "CNET reports" - https://www.cnet.com/news/asteroids-solar-flares-coronal-mass-ejections-space-weather/
  3. "According to EarthSky," - http://earthsky.org/space/near-earth-asteroid-2017-fu102-april-2-2017
  4. "Chelyabinsk meteor" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelyabinsk_meteor
  5. "2017 FU102 at IAU Minor Planet Center" - http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=2017+FU102
  6. "2017 FT102 at IAU Minor Planet Center" - http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=2017+FT102
  7. "Days After its Discovery, Asteroid Buzzes Earth" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=14/05/04/2010236
  8. "Platinum Asteroid Worth Trillions Of Dollars Flies Past Earth" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=15/07/20/1858235
  9. "Watch Jumbo Asteroid Zip Past Earth" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=15/01/24/0033215
  10. "Close Asteroid Pass this Weekend" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=14/09/06/003218
  11. "Surprise Flyby of Asteroid on January 9, 2017" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=17/01/09/2315259
  12. "NASA's Mission to (Potentially Devastating) Asteroid Bennu" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=16/08/01/0131226
  13. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=19435
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