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Near-Earth Asteroid 2023 BU extremely close encounter: online observation
Asteroid 2023 BU measures between 12 and 28 feet wide (3.8 to 8.5 meters), and was just discovered on Saturday (Jan. 21) by astronomer Gennadiy Borisov at the MARGO Observatory in Crimea. When it passes by Earth at its closest on Thursday (Jan. 26) at 4:17 p.m. EST (2117 GMT), the space rock will be within less than 3% of the average Earth-moon distance at an altitude of just 2,178 miles (3,506 kilometers) above Earth's surface.
Near-Earth Asteroid 2023 BU extremely close encounter: online observation – 26 Jan. 2023
The Virtual Telescope Project
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0sD-qcnvpY
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