Observation by Nick James: NEO 2023 DZ2

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2023 Mar 24 - 20:35

Uploaded

2023 Mar 24 - 20:57

Objects

2023 DZ2

Equipment

ASI6200MM + Celestron HD11

Exposure

9x5s

Location

Chelmsford, UK

Target name

2023 DZ2

Title

NEO 2023 DZ2

About this image

This largish NEO is currently 640,000 km from the Earth. It will approach to around 175,000 km at this time tomorrow. It is currently mag 14.5.

Files associated with this observation

2023dz2_20230324_2035_ndj.gif (5.0 MB)

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Comments

Nick James, 2023 Mar 25 - 20:09 UTC

The rotation period is 0.105 hours (6.3 minutes) and this shows up well in this folded lightcurve.

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