2021 UA1
id:
2021-ua1-307-14335666
title:
2021 UA1
text:
2021 UA1 is a small near-Earth object that passed about 3047 km from the surface of Earth while passing over Antarctica on 25 October 2021 around 03:07 UT. Given the small size of the asteroid it only reached the brightness of Pluto at around apparent magnitude 14. Since it approached from the direction of the Sun, it was not discovered until 4 hours after closest approach. The 2021 Earth approach lifted the orbit and increased the orbital period from 356 days to 413 days. This changed it from a
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Earth-crossing asteroid
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_UA1
date created:
date modified:
2024-01-14T21:35:36Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q109284520","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q109284520"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/2021_UA1-orbit.png","width":1699,"height":882}
fields total:
13
integrity:
15