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Images of the huge Asteroid 52768 revealed | PRESENT

New observations made from the Arecibo Observatory show preliminary radar images of “1998 OR2”, a huge space rock that will approach slightly and completely safely on April 29.

“There is no risk of impact from this asteroid, since the space rock would be passing 16 times the Earth-Moon distance, but the interesting thing about this slight approach is that the asteroid’s large size will allow it to be seen through telescopes,” he said. the Caribbean Astronomy Society (SAC)

The educational entity clarified that the asteroid will not be visible to the naked eye, and indicated that the closest approach occurs on April 29, 2020, around 5:56 a.m. PR time.

However, several observatories are already observing it, while anyone with a small telescope and who knows how to point it to the right place and time, will be able to see asteroid 52768 looking like an apparent star moving “very slowly,” the organization said.

By April 24, the asteroid will be bright enough to be easily spotted through telescopes, so he shared illustrations and instructions to try to locate it in the sky.

This is considered a “Potentially Dangerous Asteroid”, but only because it occasionally approaches less than 20 times the Earth-Moon distance, and because of its large size. Still, there is no risk since its orbit has been calculated for at least the next 200 years, and its trajectory does not represent any danger.

The radar images that will be obtained from Arecibo will allow us to better understand the shape and size of this space rock. Asteroid 52768 belongs to a class or type of space rocks called “Love” and it is anticipated that after April 2020, it would be returning to the vicinity of our planet on April 16, 2079, when it will pass 4.6 times the distance from Earth- Moon.

The SAC indicated that on the portal www.SocietyAstronomy.com as well as in Facebook.com/society.astronomy there are more details to try to locate the asteroid in the sky.

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