2020 QG
2020 QG, also known by its internal designation ZTF0DxQ, is an Earth-crossing asteroid, a few meters in diameter. It belongs to the Apollo group, and passed above the surface of Earth approximately 2,950 kilometres (1,830 mi) away (less than one-quarter of Earth's diameter) on 16 August 2020 at 04:09 UT. It was first imaged by the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) at the Palomar Observatory about 6 hours after this closest approach, and was later identified by Kunal Deshmukh, a student at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, along with colleagues Kritti Sharma, Chen-Yen Hsu and analyzing images from the ZTF.
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2020 QG
2020 QG, also known by its internal designation ZTF0DxQ, is an Earth-crossing asteroid, a few meters in diameter. It belongs to the Apollo group, and passed above the surface of Earth approximately 2,950 kilometres (1,830 mi) away (less than one-quarter of Earth's diameter) on 16 August 2020 at 04:09 UT. It was first imaged by the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) at the Palomar Observatory about 6 hours after this closest approach, and was later identified by Kunal Deshmukh, a student at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, along with colleagues Kritti Sharma, Chen-Yen Hsu and analyzing images from the ZTF.
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1.49041366620996E8
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2020 QG, also known by its int ...... 2014 AA, 2018 LA, and 2019 MO.
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2020-08-16
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31 May 2020 (JD2459000.5)
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ZTF0DxQ
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8.5521096e+7
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1.49041366620996e+11
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ZTF0DxQ
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Asteroid 2020 QG trajectory
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2020-08-16
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2020-05-31
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2020 QG, also known by its int ...... analyzing images from the ZTF.
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2020 QG
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