Asteroid 2020 QG Zips Around the Earth (Illustration)
This illustration shows asteroid 2020 QG's trajectory bending during its close approach to Earth. The asteroid is the closest known non-impacting asteroid ever detected. The asteroid passed by 1,830 miles (2,945 kilometers) above the southern Indian Ocean on Sunday, Aug. 16 at 12:08 a.m. EDT (Saturday, Aug. 15 at 9:08 p.m. PDT). Movie available at https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA24037
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PIA24037
Date Created
August 18, 2020
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JPL
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