Asteroid 3122 Florence this week


Gianluca Masi of the Virtual Telescope Project acquired this image of asteroid 3122 Florence on August 28, 2017. The Virtual Telescope Project will have a livestream of this asteroid’s close pass. The livestream is scheduled for August 31, 2017, starting at 19:30 UTC; translate to your time zone.

Named for Florence Nightingale, asteroid 3122 Florence is the biggest near-Earth object to pass so close since this category of objects was discovered over a century ago! It’s at least 2.7 miles (4.35 km) in diameter. It’ll safely pass by our planet on September 1, 2017 at over 18 times the Earth-moon distance. It’s visible now in small telescopes and might even be visible in binoculars; here are charts that can help you find it.

Radar images of asteroid 3122 Florence, obtained from August 29, 2017 via Goldstone Radar in California. Higher resolution radar images expected in the next few days, as the space rock will also be studied from Arecibo Observatory. Image via NASA/JPL.

Bottom line: Photos of asteroid 3122 Florence, a large near-Earth object, which will pass Earth on September 1, 2017.



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Gianluca Masi of the Virtual Telescope Project acquired this image of asteroid 3122 Florence on August 28, 2017. The Virtual Telescope Project will have a livestream of this asteroid’s close pass. The livestream is scheduled for August 31, 2017, starting at 19:30 UTC; translate to your time zone.

Named for Florence Nightingale, asteroid 3122 Florence is the biggest near-Earth object to pass so close since this category of objects was discovered over a century ago! It’s at least 2.7 miles (4.35 km) in diameter. It’ll safely pass by our planet on September 1, 2017 at over 18 times the Earth-moon distance. It’s visible now in small telescopes and might even be visible in binoculars; here are charts that can help you find it.

Radar images of asteroid 3122 Florence, obtained from August 29, 2017 via Goldstone Radar in California. Higher resolution radar images expected in the next few days, as the space rock will also be studied from Arecibo Observatory. Image via NASA/JPL.

Bottom line: Photos of asteroid 3122 Florence, a large near-Earth object, which will pass Earth on September 1, 2017.



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