"Sealing observatory" International parties participate in the discovery of an asteroid passed near Earth
Abu Dhabi, February 3/ WAM/ The astronomical sealing observatory monitored Sunday night as a small asteroid discovered on the same day, as part of its participation with international bodies to monitor and follow the asteroids that may pose a danger on the ground.
Immediately after his discovery, the asteroid was given the symbol “CCVZ8G2”, and after successive meteorology and announcing its official discovery by the International Astronomical Union and publishing its orbits this morning this morning was given the symbol “2025 CF”.
The asteroid was discovered by one of the “Catalina” network telescopes to wipe the sky, a project funded by the American Space Agency “NASA” and is managed by the University of Arizona. The asteroid was discovered yesterday, Sunday, at 11 am Emirates time. Urgent in order to monitor it and determine its location in the sky accurately, which contributes to determining its danger on the ground.
He participated in the monitoring of the discovery of 18 world observations, one of which was the astronomical sealing observatory in the Abu Dhabi desert.
It was found through these observations that the asteroid Qatar ranges between 2 to 15 meters, and it passed near the Earth today, Monday, at six in the morning, Emirates time, and it is only 130 thousand kilometers from the planet, and it represents a third of the distance between the Earth and the moon, and this is a very close distance Therefore, astronomical observatories attached special attention to such heavenly bodies, while this asteroid does not pose a danger on the ground, but it emphasizes the necessity of following the bodies that pass by the earth when one of them may pose a risk to them.
During the monitoring of the asteroid by the astronomical sealing observatory, it was faintly shining from the amount of 17, which made its vision possible through large telescopes only and was moving at a very high speed of 3 degrees per hour, which is six times the virtual moon movement around the earth.
- For more: Follow Khaleejion 24 Arabic, Khaleejion 24 English, Khaleejion 24 Live, and for social media follow us on Facebook and Twitter
