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Asteroid 1998 OR2, Glenn C Newell

Asteroid 1998 OR2

Asteroid 1998 OR2, Glenn C Newell

Asteroid 1998 OR2

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Asteroid (52768) 1998 OR2 a 1.5-mile-wide (2-kilometer-wide) "potentially hazardous asteroid" passed by the earth today.

This animated gif is made of 15 2min exposures, tracking the stars, so the asteroid shows as a line, during each 2min exposure.

Thankfully, at least this time around, the asteroid is passing at a distance more than 16 times greater than the distance to the moon.

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