Asteroid 2024 Cr927. Nasa images revealed that asteroid 2011 ul21 (top circle) has a tiny moon (bottom circle) as a companion. Asteroid 2024 mk will pass roughly 290,000 km from our planet on saturday.
It was discovered only 13 days before it is expected to pass. The dashboard displays the next five earth approaches to within 4.6 million miles (7.5 million kilometers or 19.5 times the distance to the moon);
It Is Between 400 And 850 Feet Across And Will Pass Within The Orbit Of The Moon.
The 2024 encounter will be the closest by this asteroid until 2089.
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It’s much smaller than 2011 ul21, with an estimated diameter between 390 and 885 feet.
Asteroid 2024 Cr927 Images References :
We Imaged It, Despite It Was Very Low Above The Horizon.
In the late evening of january 20, 2024, astronomer krisztián sárneczky detected an asteroid on an imminent collision course with earth.
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Asteroid 2024 mk will fly past earth on 29 june at approximately 13:45 utc (15:45 cest).