{"id":790709,"date":"2024-10-29T13:45:10","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T18:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=790709"},"modified":"2024-10-29T13:45:10","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T18:45:10","slug":"asteroid-2023-uz6-flew-past-earth-at-just-0-04-ld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=790709","title":{"rendered":"Asteroid 2023 UZ6 flew past Earth at just 0.04 LD"},"content":{"rendered":"


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This is the 101st<\/sup> asteroid to fly past Earth within 1 lunar distance (<1 LD) since the start of the year and the 26th<\/sup> so far this month, making October the month with the most <1 LD asteroid flybys since at least 2020.<\/p>\n

This is also the closest <1 LD asteroid flyby of the month and the third closest of the year, after 2024 LH1 at 0.00005 on June 6 and 2024 HA at 0.00010 AU on April 16. All of them are small asteroids with diameters between 1.2 and 3.1 m (3.9 \u2013 10.2 feet).<\/p>\n

Asteroid 2023 UZ6 was first observed at Catalina Sky Survey, Arizona on October 28 \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 1.6 and 3.7 m (5.2 \u2013 12.1 feet).<\/p>\n

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

References:<\/p>\n

1<\/sup> Asteroid 2024 UZ6 \u2013 Minor Planet Center \u2013 Accessed October 29, 2024<\/p>\n

2<\/sup> Asteroid 2024 UZ6 \u2013 CNEOS \u2013 Accessed October 29, 2024<\/p>\n


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