Newly Discovered Asteroid Seen Flying Closer to Us Than Telecom Satellites

It missed us this time, but it'll be back. Meanwhile, we ought to be worried about its larger cousins lurking in the dark.

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 68 words · John Knight

It could generate a heck of a fireball, though.

That’s an indication our surveys are getting better at spotting more of the objects in the near-Earth environment.

This might not be the last we see of 2022 YO1.

Newly-discovered#asteroid2022 YO1 passed closer than our geostationary satellites on Saturday.

NASA hopes to address this major gap by launching theNEO Surveyor missionas soon as June 2028.

Until then, eyes up!