New algorithm spots its first "potentially hazardous" near-Earth asteroid — and it's 600 feet long
New algorithm spots its first "potentially hazardous" near-Earth asteroid — and it's 600 feet long
www.cbsnews.com New algorithm spots its first "potentially hazardous" near-Earth asteroid — and it's 600 feet long
The algorithm will eventually be used at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, a survey telescope being built in Chile.
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Additional observations confirmed the discovery and found that the asteroid's closest approach brings it within 140,000 miles of Earth's orbit, placing it closer than the moon.