Astronomers say that a newly discovered asteroid's March flyby will bring it closer to Earth than the Moon's orbit.
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in February. However, this is one of the closest asteroids that will pass by our blue marble of a planet. The asteroid 2023 DZ2 will perform its March flyby at 0.5 lunar distance from Earth’s surface. This relative closeness will let observers view the asteroid through telescopes with a larger diameter.
When this 210-foot asteroid completes its March flyby of our planet, it will travel roughly 17,426 miles per hour . That number might seem significant, but it is relatively slow for an asteroid compared to other asteroids that have completed flybys of our planet.says that the asteroid’s distance will make it appear as a slow-moving star in smaller telescopes.
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