New algorithm ensnares its first ‘potentially hazardous’ asteroid

Credit: ATLAS/University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy/NASA

Discovery images from the ATLAS survey, with 2022 SF289 visible in the red boxes.

« New algorithm ensnares its first ‘potentially hazardous’ asteroid

Credit: Joachim Moeyens/University of Washington/B612 Asteroid Institute

Additional observations of 2022 SF289 captured by the Zwicky Transient Facility survey.

« New algorithm ensnares its first ‘potentially hazardous’ asteroid

Credit: Joachim Moeyens/University of Washington/OpenSpace

Image showing the orbit of 2022 SF289 (green) at its closest approach to Earth (orbit in blue). Orbits of Venus and Mars are shown in orange and red, respectively.

« New algorithm ensnares its first ‘potentially hazardous’ asteroid

Credit: Joachim Moeyens/University of Washington/OpenSpace

Image showing the orbit of 2022 SF289 (green) at its closest approach to Earth (orbit in blue). Orbits of Venus and Mars are shown in orange and red, respectively.

« New algorithm ensnares its first ‘potentially hazardous’ asteroid

Credit: Joachim Moeyens/University of Washington/OpenSpace

Image showing the orbit of 2022 SF289 (green) at its closest approach to Earth (orbit in blue). Orbits of Venus and Mars are shown in orange and red, respectively.

« New algorithm ensnares its first ‘potentially hazardous’ asteroid

Credit: Joachim Moeyens/University of Washington/OpenSpace

Image showing the orbit of 2022 SF289 (green) at its closest approach to Earth.

« New algorithm ensnares its first ‘potentially hazardous’ asteroid

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