Asteroid found hours before approaching Earth, orbit switched forever - TweakTown

An astronomer at the Konkoly Observatory discovered Asteroid 2022 FD1 just before it was due to make a close approach to Earth.

In the solar system, there are thousands of near-Earth asteroids, and sometimes one will have a close approach with Earth. Krisztian Sarneczky, a Hungarian astronomer at the Konkoly Observatory, man… [+997 chars]

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