Asteroid 2024 Mk. The asteroid was discovered on 16 june 2024, only 13 days before it passes earth. On 29 june 2024, the potentially hazardous asteroid 2024 mk will have a very close, but safe, encounter with us, coming at about 295000 km from the earth, about 77% of the average lunar.
Detailed information about asteroid (neo) 2024 mk orbital parameters. While we have plenty of small asteroids that are scattered within earth’s orbit, this one is.
Asteroid 2024 Mk Was First Discovered Earlier This Month, Just 13 Days Before It Will Pass By Earth At Remarkably Close Range, According To The European Space Agency.
Potentially hazardous asteroid 2024 mk very close encounter:
It Is Between 120 And 270 M Across And Will Pass Within The Orbit Of The Moon.
What does this mean for planetary defense?
Asteroid 2024 Mk Images References :
The Current Right Ascension Is 00H 37M 19S And The Declination Is +43ยฐ 52โ 14โ.
Neocc database statistics last update:
Nasa Used One Telescope To Transmit The Radio Waves, And A Second One To Receive Them, Resulting In Images Of 2024 Mk That Include Not Just The Shape Of The Asteroid, But Bumps, Divots, Boulders, And Ridges.
The asteroid, named 2024 mk, will zoom past us closer than the moon orbits the earth on saturday morning, and is around the same size as the washington monument at between 394 to 853 feet in.