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8 April 2023 at 8:03 pm
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Even MIT asteroid specialists are partial to the odd NTU and have even provided a conversion factor.
https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/does-earth-have-new-quasi-moon/
Longtime asteroid specialist Richard Binzel (MIT) tells Sky & Telescope he estimates this object’s [2023 FW13] size to be about 10 to 15 meters across: “Somewhere between a boxcar and a large Winnebago.”
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Robin Leadbeater.