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Close Approach Fact Sheet for asteroid (52768) 1998 OR2

Close approach fact sheet for asteroid (3122) Florence. The fly-by is not very close to the Earth, but the object is large in size.

A small size asteroid will approach the Earth on 12 October 2017. The expected minimum distance is just above the geostationary ring, thus being a good target for radar observations.

The asteroid ground track displayed below represents the movement of the sub-asteroid point over the Earth, from the time of the first observation to its approach to the Southern part of Africa, just before its impact.

Asteroid 2020OY4

Close approach fact sheet for asteroid 2010WC9. A small asteroid impacted the Earth on 15 May 2018.

Close approach fact sheet for asteroid 2018WV1. A small asteroid impacted the Earth on 02 December 2018