{"id":778853,"date":"2024-03-13T17:33:51","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T22:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=778853"},"modified":"2024-03-13T17:33:51","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T22:33:51","slug":"asteroid-2024-el3-flew-past-earth-at-just-0-09-ld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=778853","title":{"rendered":"Asteroid 2024 EL3 flew past Earth at just 0.09 LD"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A newly-discovered asteroid designated 2023 EL3 flew past Earth at a distance of just 0.09 LD \/ 0.00024 AU (36 040 km \/ 22 394 miles) from the center of our planet at 10:31 UTC on March 11, 2024.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is the 18th<\/sup> known asteroid to fly past Earth within 1 lunar distance since the start of the year and the second so far this month.<\/p>\n

2024 EL3 belongs to the Apollo group of asteroids. Characteristics that define the Apollo asteroids include having a semi-major axis greater than that of Earth (greater than 1 AU or approximately 150 million km (93 million miles)) and a perihelion distance (the closest point to the Sun in their orbit) of less than 1 AU, which allows their orbits to intersect with Earth\u2019s orbit.<\/p>\n

This object was first observed by ATLAS Chile, Rio Hurtado on March 12 \u2014 one day after it made the close approach to our planet.<\/p>\n

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Featured image credit: CNEOS<\/em><\/p>\n

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Asteroid 2024 EF to fly past Earth at 0.1 LD on March 4<\/h3>\n

Sunday, March 3, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Asteroid 2024 CH4 flew past Earth at 0.28 LD<\/h3>\n

Wednesday, February 14, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Asteroid 2024 CY1 flew past Earth at 0.31 LD<\/h3>\n

Monday, February 12, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Asteroid 2024 AD to fly past Earth at 0.6 LD on January 4<\/h3>\n

Wednesday, January 3, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Asteroid 2023 XW5 flew past Earth at 0.19 LD<\/h3>\n

Wednesday, December 13, 2023<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Asteroid 2023 XJ1 to fly past Earth at 0.27 LD<\/h3>\n

Wednesday, December 6, 2023<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Asteroid 2023 WA to fly past Earth at 0.07 LD<\/h3>\n

Thursday, November 16, 2023<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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