[ad_1] It was a bright stain in the night. On April 27, something caught the attention of astronomers who were carefully studying the data collected by the Pan-STARRS Observatory in Hawaii – a previously unknown event. space rock, and one that was very, very close to Earth. Coincidentally, the alert …
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[ad_1] The asteroid is orbiting the Sun on a path that will take it within a “close” but safe distance to Earth on April 29. Officially named Asteroid (52768) 1998 OR2, the space rock is up to 2.5 miles (4.1 km) across. According to astrophysicist Gianluca Masi, from the Virtual …
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[ad_1] We’ve now got a good visual on the big space rock that’s going to fly by Earth next week. On Saturday (April 18), the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico captured a radar image of the asteroid 1998 OR2, which will zoom within 3.9 million miles (6.3 million kilometers) of …
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