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(415029) 2011 UL 21, provisional designation 2011 UL 21, is an Apollo class potentially hazardous asteroid discovered on October 17, 2011, by the Catalina Sky Survey project. [1] The asteroid is estimated to have a diameter of 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi). It was rated at Torino Scale 1 on October 27, 2011, with an observation arc of 9.6 days. [4]
The first space rock, asteroid 2011 UL21, passed by Earth on June 27 at a distance of 4.1 million miles (6.6 million kilometers), or 17 times the distance between Earth and the moon. Researchers ...
The impact of a hypothetical collision with 2011 UL21, the asteroid that flew by Thursday, would be far more disastrous. While it was comfortably far out in space and had no chance of hitting the ...
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The Torino scale is a method for categorizing the impact hazard associated with near-Earth objects (NEOs) such as asteroids and comets.It is intended as a communication tool for astronomers and the public to assess the seriousness of collision predictions, by combining probability statistics and known kinetic damage potentials into a single threat value.
A list of known near-Earth asteroid close approaches less than 1 lunar distance (384,400 km or 0.00257 AU) from Earth in 2011. [note 1] Rows highlighted red indicate objects which were not discovered until after closest approach
This category includes near-Earth asteroids listed as potentially hazardous objects.. The asteroids are sorted numerically by 0-padding either their minor planet number to 6 digits, or, if absent, the year of discovery when using their provisional designation.
The 7,600-foot long celestial object has earned the nickname ‘planet killer,’ flying at speeds of 58,000 miles per hour