Near-Earth Asteroid 2023 BU extremely close encounter: online observation – 26 Jan. 2023
The near-Earth asteroid 2023 BU was discovered by G. Borisov on 21 Jan. 2023 and announced the following day. Its diameter in estimated in 3.7 – 8.2 meters the range, while the minimum distance from us will be reached on 27 Jan. 2023 at 00:17 UTC, when this rock will be at 9800 km from the center of the Earth (source: Nasa/JPL). That is 25% of the distance of geostationary satellites, less than 3% of the average lunar distance. Respect to the Earth’s surface, this asteroid will fly just 3500 km above it.
The Virtual Telescope Project will show it live, online, just around the fly-by time. This way, you can have a look from the comfort of your home.
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