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Monday, April 12, 2021
THE HAPPENING WORLD: Asteroid 2021 GW4 Zips Through the Geosynchronous Orbit Belt
2021GW4 will also pass only 2000 km from the GPS III-01 sat and within 6000 km of AMC 18, ARSAT-2 and several of the Sirius XM satellites.
— Jonathan McDowell (@planet4589) April 12, 2021
Here are the orbital elements of the asteroid and a plot of its orbit courtesy of the JPL Small-Body Database.
Posted at April 12, 2021 11:50