Rapprochement of the asteroid, June 7, 2016

Asteroid 2016 LT1 discovered. Flyby Jun 7 at 20:25 UT. Dist: 0.38 LD (0.36 LD from Earth surface). Size: 3-9 m.

The green line indicates the object’s apparent motion relative to the Earth, and the bright green marks are the object’s location at approximately one hour intervals. The Moon’s orbit is grey. The blue arrow points in the direction of Earth’s motion and the yellow arrow points toward the Sun.

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2016 LT1

First observed at Pan-STARRS 1, Haleakala on 2016-06-04.