Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (447755) 2007 JX2 relatively close encounter: an image – 3 Nov. 2024.
Next 3 Dec., the Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (447755) 2007 JX2 will have a relatively close, but obviously safe encounter with the Earth, coming as close as 5.5 millions of km from us. Here it is our image.
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (447755) 2007 JX2: 3 Nov. 2024.
The image above comes from the average of five, 120-second exposures, remotely taken with the “Elena” (PlaneWave 17″ + Paramount MEII + SBIG STL-6303E) robotic unit available as part of the Virtual Telescope Project.
At the imaging time, asteroid 2007 JX2 was at about 34 million of km from us and approaching.
This 450-meter large asteroid will reach its minimum distance (about 5.5 millions of km, 14.4 times the average lunar distance) from us on 3 Dec. 2024, at 23:16 UTC (source: Nasa/JPL). Of course, there are no risks at all for our planet.
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