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Near Earth asteroid (3122) Florence

(3122) Florence is an Amor-type potentially hazardous asteroid with a diameter of 4.9 km. It will make a close approach to Earth on September 1st, at a distance of 0.05 AU (7.1 million km). During the close approach it brightens to 8.5 mag and becomes visible in small telescopes for several nights.

Florence is the largest asteroid to pass this close to Earth since the first Near Earth asteroids were discovered over a century ago.

 

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