Near miss: potentially hazardous asteroid 2024 MK passes Earth at 300,000 km

Near miss: potentially hazardous asteroid 2024 MK passes Earth at 300,000 km

Last night, the potentially hazardous asteroid "2024 MK" passed by Earth at a distance of approximately 300,000 km, according to the Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

The asteroid 2024 MK, a relatively large Apollo group space rock, was tracked by telescope networks as it missed Earth by about 300,000 km, the institute reported.

According to the European Space Agency, asteroid 2024 MK was first detected on June 16, 2024, and is estimated to be between 120 and 260 meters in size.

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Source: Sputnik International
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