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PMSchu

2022-12-01, 07:06 PM
This NEO impacted earth on 2022 Nov 19 08:27 UT in Southern Ontario, Canada. It was detected only 3 hours before impact & would have missed but for earth's gravitational pull.

Here's the Wikipedia article:

2022 WJ1 - Wikipedia

Pretty cool,

Phil S.

bigmasterdrago

2022-12-03, 04:56 AM
It was interesting to see the excitement build the night of discovery at Mt. Lemmon......
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