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by songeater 1045 days ago
did this pass ~4000km from earth?

[1] MOID given as 0.0000296

https://newton.spacedys.com/neodys2/NEOScan/risk_page/ZTm003...

[2] AU to km https://www.google.com/search?q=au+to+kilomore&rlz=1C1GCEA_e...
3 comments
fghorow 1045 days ago
Something weird is going on. This site [1] suggests the MOID was about 0.02 AU.

[1] https://www.projectpluto.com/neocp2/mpecs/ZTm0038.htm

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amiralul 1045 days ago
Other source[1] says 0.0002 AU, still very close (about 40,000 km).

[1]: https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/scout/object/ZTm0038

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lucb1e 1045 days ago
This, as I understand it, being the closest approach to our orbit, not our atmosphere or so. To put this in perspective, the Earth is some 6.4 Mm in radius, so that's 40-6.4 = 33.6 Mm above the surface.
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lucb1e 1045 days ago
MOID being minimum orbit intersection distance, for anyone else wondering. Sounded like someID (identifier) to me, was wondering why that value was given in AU
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pvg 1045 days ago
MOID is an id that is just that big. You wanted more id, you got MOID.
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