Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2014 JO25

[Guy Wells]

2014 JO25 is a potentially hazardous asteroid with a diameter of 1.3 km. It will make a very close approach to Earth in a few hours, when it safely passes at 4.6 times the distance between Earth and the Moon – the closest any asteroid of that size will get in more than a decade.
At the time of imaging the asteroid was moving at 129"/min and was nearly half a magnitude fainter than the ephemeris predicted. Goldstone has determined that the asteroid is elongated, so a fainter magnitude is to be expected

 

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Edited April 19, 2017 by Guy Wells

[Garethr]

Great job Guy

What is the duration of the time lapse?

 

Gareth 

[Guy Wells]

Thanks. Under 5 minutes.