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2022 FD1

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2022 FD1 is a small, metre-sized Apollo near-Earth asteroid that was eclipsed by Earth and made its closest approach 8,470 km (5,260 mi) from Earth's surface on 25 March 2022.[lower-alpha 1] It entered Earth's shadow at 8:10 UTC and became invisible until egress at 8:45 UTC.[5] Its brightness from Earth reached a peak apparent magnitude of 13 shortly before closest approach at 09:13 UTC.[6] By that time, the asteroid was moving at a speed of 18.5 km/s (11.5 mi/s) relative to Earth and was located in the far Southern hemisphere sky.[4][6]

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2022 FD1 was discovered on 24 March 2022, by astronomer Krisztián Sárneczky at Konkoly Observatory's Piszkéstető Station in Budapest, Hungary.[2] It was his next near-Earth asteroid discovery after the impactor 2022 EB5 from early March 2022.[3]

Animation of 2022 FD1 around Sun
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Notes

  1. Earth has a radius of 6,371 km and 2022 FD1 nominally passed about 14,845+8
    −7     km     from the center of Earth. The asteroid's distance from Earth's surface at closest approach is the difference between the asteroid closest approach radius and Earth's radius. (14,845 – 6,371 = 8,474)

References

  1. [1]
    "2022 FD1". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
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    "MPEC 2022-F48 : 2022 FD1". Minor Planet Electronic Circular. Minor Planet Center. 25 March 2022. Archived from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
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    Whitt, Kelly Kizer (25 March 2022). "Whoa! Another asteroid whizzes past Earth hours after discovery". EarthSky. Archived from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
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    "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: (2022 FD1)" (2022-03-25 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  5. [5]
    Gray, Bill J. (25 March 2022). "Re: Total NEO eclipse!". groups.io. Archived from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  6. [6]
    "JPL Horizons On-Line Ephemeris for 2022 FD1 on 2022-Mar-25". JPL Horizons On-Line Ephemeris System. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Archived from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022. Ephemeris Type: Elements and Center: 500. Note that there is no magnitude drop during the Earth eclipse between 8:10–8:45 UT as JPL Horizons does not take Earth's shadow into account.
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