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On March 21, 2021, the large asteroid 2001 FO32 made a close approach with our planet, passing at a distance of about 1.

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On March 21, 2021, the large asteroid 2001 FO32 made a close approach with our planet, passing at a distance of about 1.25 million miles 2 million kilometers or 5 1/4 times the distance from Earth to the Moon. While there was no risk of the near-Earth asteroid colliding with Earth as its orbit is very well known, scientists at NASA s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California took the opportunity to capture these radar images of the asteroid as it tumbled past. Using NASA s 34-meter 111.5-feet Deep Space Station 13 DSS-13 radio antenna at the Deep Space Network s Goldstone Deep Space Communication Complex near Barstow, California, radio signals were transmitted to 2001 FO32. The signals then bounced off the surface of the as Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-171807 ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT

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IMAGO/piemags

Date

01 janv. 1900

Crédit

Photo12/Imago

Notre référence

MGO25A05_456

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

3,4Mo (142,4Ko) / 44,2cm x 33,8cm / 1254 x 958 (72dpi)

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