TRIBUN-BALI.COM – Today, Monday (9/5/2022), a asteroid giant named Asteroid 467460 (2006 JF42) passing near the earth.
Last observed on April 14, 2021, Asteroid 467460 (2006 JF42) was discovered in 2006.
The asteroid has been observed 200 times to determine its orbit by The IAU Minor Planet Center.
Indonesian Amateur AstronomerMarufin Sudibyo said, asteroid 467460 (2006 JF42) has a diameter of 499 meters.
NASA said that the diameter asteroid it could also be about 0.384 to 0.859 kilometers, which makes it more than 90 percent asteroid but small compared to asteroid large, roughly comparable in size to the Golden Gate Bridge.
The Golden Gate Bridge or Golden Gate Bridge is an icon of the San Francisco Bay area.
The bridge is 1.7 miles long and connects the city of San Francisco to Marin Country, California.
This asteroid belongs to asteroid near-Earth Apollo class, so it has an orbit that can intersect with Earth’s orbit.
“On Monday, May 9, 2022, asteroid This will pass near the Earth at a distance of 14.9 times the average distance between the Earth and the Moon,” said Marufin to Kompas.com, Tuesday (3/5/2022).
The average distance is the equivalent of 5.7 million kilometers.
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