NASA officials say that an asteroid will pass just over 2,000 miles above Earth’s surface on Thursday, and that the celestial body was only discovered last weekend.
the near-Earth asteroid, named Asteroid 2023 BU, will pass over the tip of South America just before 6:30 p.m. Central time on Thursday evening, approximately 2,200 miles above the Earth’s surface.For context, geosynchronous satellites orbit the Earth at approximately 20,000 miles above the surface.Sign up for NBC Chicago newsletters.
Officials say that the asteroid was first discovered by an amateur astronomer in Crimea on Saturday. Observations were validated by other astronomers, who were able to calculate the asteroid’s side and orbit. NASA’s Scout impact system calculated that the asteroid would pass close to the Earth, but would not make impact.
“This is one of the closest approaches by a known near-Earth object ever recorded,” JPL engineer Davide Farnocchia said in a statement.
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