#PPOD: This mosaic shows NASA's radar observations in one-minute increments of asteroid 2024 MK, a 150-meter-wide near-Earth object, made on June 30, 2024, a day after it passed our planet from a distance of only 295,000 kilometers. Close approaches of near-Earth objects the size of 2024 MK are relatively rare, occurring about every couple of decades. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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NASA’s Planetary Radar Tracks Two Large Asteroid Close Approaches

The Deep Space Network’s Goldstone planetary radar had a busy few days observing asteroids 2024 MK and 2011 UL21 as they safely passed Earth.

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)