Always in awe of my solar system colleagues: check out THE PEANUT!
👇radar images of 350m long #asteroid #2024-ON (3½ football pitches in a row) which came pretty close to Earth in mid-Sept at 1 million km away (2.6xthe distance to the Moon). Cute 🤗 🧪🔭🛰️
ℹ️: photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA2...
@setiinstitute For anyone who is interested:
More #TeamRadar images of #2024ON and other asteroids observed during these couple of weeks are available at https://echo.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroids/sep2024.goldstone.planning.html .