{"id":790217,"date":"2024-10-12T05:01:53","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T10:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=790217"},"modified":"2024-10-12T05:01:53","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T10:01:53","slug":"asteroid-2024-th11-flew-past-earth-at-0-08-ld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=790217","title":{"rendered":"Asteroid 2024 TH11 flew past Earth at 0.08 LD"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A newly discovered asteroid designated 2024 TH11 flew past Earth at a distance of 0.08 LD \/ 0.00019 AU (29 838 km \/ 18 540 miles) from the center of our planet at 09:18 UTC on Thursday, October 10, 2024. <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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This is the 88th<\/sup> known asteroid to fly past Earth within 1 lunar distance since the start of the year and the 13th<\/sup> so far this month.<\/p>\n

Asteroid 2024 TH11 was first observed at Catalina Sky Survey, Arizona on October 11 \u2014 one day after it made its close approach to our planet.<\/p>\n

The object belongs to the Apollo group of asteroids and has an estimated diameter between 9.4 and 21 m (30.8 \u2013 68.9 feet).<\/p>\n

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Image credit: CNEOS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Image credit: CNEOS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

References:<\/p>\n

Asteroid 2024 TH11 at Minor Planet Center; at CNEOS<\/p>\n


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