Watch a video of size comparisons in asteroids here.Ģ023 DZ2 is classified as a NEO (Near Earth Object). For comparison, the asteroid that entered over Chelyabinsk, Russia, in February 2013 was a space rock around 65 feet (20 meters) in diameter. Current estimates put 2023 DZ2’s size at about 210 feet (64 meters) in diameter.Įstimates of its size are between 141 and 312 feet (43 and 95 meters) in diameter. It’s part of the Apollo family of asteroids. #SpotTheAsteroid #IAWN #QHY42Pro /O95YXuxFKr First observed at La Palma: 27th Feb' Close approach today.

But the exact time and other details might be updated as more observations come in.Īpollo-type asteroid #2023DZ2. See the charts at the bottom of this post.Ĭlosest approach to Earth is thought to occur at around 19:51 UTC (3:51 p.m. And amateur astronomers might get a glimpse of the asteroid as it speeds past.

Astronomers at the observatory of La Palma, in the Canary Islands, Spain, discovered the asteroid in late February 2023. It’ll sweep by at about half the Earth-moon distance. Yet another newly discovered space rock will safely zip past Earth, this one on March 25, 2023.

Asteroid 2023 DZ2 will safely pass by Earth at about half the Earth-moon distance.

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