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    • Asteroid 2021 SG came from the sun’s direction - EarthSky
      • The Chelyabinsk meteor created a shock wave that broke windows in six Russian cities. It caused some 1,500 people to seek medical attention, mostly from flying glass. But newly found asteroid 2021 SG didn’t hit. It just passed close, at only about half the distance from Earth to the moon, last week.
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      Asteroid 2021 SG came from the sun’s direction - EarthSky

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  3. www.cnet.com › science › warehouse-sized-asteroidWarehouse-sized asteroid sneaks up on Earth by hiding near ...

    Sep 27, 2021 · A space rock possibly as wide as a football field flew between the moon and Earth last week, but the big asteroid -- catalogued as 2021 SG -- wasn't spotted until the day after it had already...

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  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › 2021_SG2021 SG - Wikipedia

    2021 SG is a near-Earth asteroid, with an estimated diameter of 42 to 94 meters, that passed about half a lunar distance from Earth on 16 September 2021. It approached from the direction of the Sun, so it was invisible until a day later. [6]

  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › List_of_asteroid_closeList of asteroid close approaches to Earth in 2021 - Wikipedia

    Geosynchronous satellites have an orbit with semi-major axis length of 0.000282 AU (42,200 km; 26,200 mi) or 0.110 lunar distances. The largest asteroid to pass within 1 LD of Earth in 2021 was 2021 SG with an estimated diameter of around 68 meters and an absolute magnitude of 24.0.

    Date Of Closest Approach
    Discovery [note 3]
    Object
    Nominal Geocentric Distance [note ...((au))
    2021-01-01 [3]
    2021-01-02 G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey [4]
    2021 AA
    0.00159 AU (238,000 km; 148,000 mi)
    2021-01-03 [5]
    2021-01-03 703 Catalina Sky Survey [6]
    2021 AH
    0.00033 AU (49,000 km; 31,000 mi)
    2021-01-04 [7]
    2021-01-05 G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey [8]
    2021 AH8
    0.00035 AU (52,000 km; 33,000 mi)
    2021-01-09 [9]
    2021-01-08 G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey [10]
    2021 AS2
    0.00072 AU (108,000 km; 67,000 mi)

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  7. www.iheart.com › content › 2021/09/23-giant-asteroidGiant Asteroid Nearly Hit Earth And It Wasn't Spotted Until ...

    Sep 23, 2021 · According to EarthSky, 2021 SG is four times larger than the one that disintegrated above Chelyabinsk, Russia, in 2013. That asteroid created a massive shockwave that broke windows in six cities across Russia as it crashed down to Earth.

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  8. www.jpl.nasa.gov › images › pia24566-radarRadar Observations of Asteroid 4660 Nereus | NASA Jet ...

    Jan 10, 2022 · These images and animation represent NASA radar observations of 4660 Nereus on Dec. 10, 2021, before the asteroid's close approach on Dec. 11, when it came within 2.5 million miles (4 million kilometers) of Earth.

  9. www.spacereference.org › asteroid › 2021-sg1Asteroid 2021 SG1 | Space Reference

    Feb 22, 2024 · NASA JPL has classified 2021 SG1 as a "Near Earth Asteroid" due to its orbit's proximity to Earth, but it is not considered potentially hazardous because computer simulations have not indicated any imminent likelihood of future collision.

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