2004 FU162 is an Aten near-Earth asteroid less than 20 meters in diameter crudely estimated to have passed roughly 6500 km above the surface of Earth[b] on 31 March 2004.
It was only observed for 44 minutes on 31 March 2004,[a] by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) team at Lincoln Laboratory's Experimental Test Site in Socorro, New Mexico, and remains a lost asteroid.[2] The estimated 4 to 6 meter sized body made one of the closest known approaches to Earth.
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2004FU162 is an Aten near-Earth asteroid less than 20 meters in diameter crudely estimated to have passed roughly 6500 km above the surface of Earth on...
even closer, 2004FU162, which was smaller, and a few years later 2009 DD45, which was closer in size passed by at similar distance. 2004 FH is an assumed...
Discovery Statistics". 5 January 2017. Archived from the original on 13 May 2004. Retrieved 7 January 2017. "List Of Aten Minor Planets (by designation)"...
km 1 day (16 obs) data 2008 TS26 2008-10-09 03:30 6260 km ±970 km 1 day (19 obs) data 2004FU1622004-03-31 15:35 6535 km ±13000 km 1 day (4 obs) data...
technology began to improve around 1998, so objects being detected as of 2004 could have been missed only a decade earlier due to a lack of dedicated near-Earth...
km 1 day (16 obs) data 2008 TS26 2008-10-09 03:30 6260 km ±970 km 1 day (19 obs) data 2004FU1622004-03-31 15:35 6535 km ±13000 km 1 day (4 obs) data...
surface of Earth. Other asteroids that passed very close to Earth include 2004FU162, 2018 UA, and 2019 AS5. An impact by 2019 UN13 would be less significant...
arcs and the uncertainty in their approach distances asteroids such as 2004FU162 and 2014 LY21 may have passed closer to Earth, but their nominal solutions...
000 mi). But it is very unlikely that the asteroid impacted the Moon. 2004FU162 2020 QG Observation arc: (02.46118 – 02.41612) * 24 hours * 60 minutes...
than 2004FU162, a small asteroid about 6 m (20 ft) across which came within about 6,500 km (4,000 mi) in 2004, and is more similar in size to 2004 FH....
km 1 day (16 obs) data 2008 TS26 2008-10-09 03:30 6260 km ±970 km 1 day (19 obs) data 2004FU1622004-03-31 15:35 6535 km ±13000 km 1 day (4 obs) data...
km 1 day (16 obs) data 2008 TS26 2008-10-09 03:30 6260 km ±970 km 1 day (19 obs) data 2004FU1622004-03-31 15:35 6535 km ±13000 km 1 day (4 obs) data...
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