NASA s Jet Propulsion Laboratory used a powerful Deep Space Network radar antenna to image asteroid 2008 OS7 as it spun harmlessly past Earth on Feb. 2, 2024.
Washington, Feb 28 (Prensa Latina) NASA released the first detailed images of asteroid 2008 OS7, which has the size of a stadium and has managed to come within 2.9 million kilometers from Earth, it was reported.
NASA captured imagery of asteroid 2008 OS7 when it passed just 1.8 million miles from Earth earlier in February. Our planet wasn't in danger, though it was a relatively close pass.
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 27, 2024 -
On Feb. 2, a large asteroid safely drifted past Earth at a distance of about 1.8 million miles (2.9 million kilometers, or 7 0.5 times the distance between Earth and the Moon). There was no risk of