{"id":790755,"date":"2024-10-31T01:20:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T06:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=790755"},"modified":"2024-10-31T01:20:02","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T06:20:02","slug":"asteroid-2024-ug9-flew-past-earth-at-just-0-02-ld-second-closest-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=790755","title":{"rendered":"Asteroid 2024 UG9 flew past Earth at just 0.02 LD – second closest of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"


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This is the 105th<\/sup> known asteroid to fly past Earth within 1 lunar distance (<1 LD) since the start of the year and the 30th<\/sup>\u00a0so 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 second closest of the year, after 2024 LH1 at 0.00005 on June 6.<\/p>\n

2024 UG9 was first observed at Mt. Lemmon Survey, Arizona at 07:02 UTC \u2014 5 hours and 39 minutes before its closest approach to Earth.<\/p>\n

The object belongs to the Apollo group of asteroids and has a diameter between 0.82 and 1.8 m (2.7 \u2013 5.9 feet).<\/p>\n

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References:<\/p>\n

1<\/sup> Astereoid 2024 UG9 \u2013 Minor Planet Center \u2013 Accessed October 31, 2024<\/p>\n

2<\/sup> Astereoid 2024 UG9 \u2013 CNEOS \u2013 Accessed October 31, 2024<\/p>\n


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