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Asteroid 465824
September 9 , 2020
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- NASA says asteroid 465824 2010 FR, which is twice as big as the Pyramid of Giza, crossed the Earth’s orbit on September 6.
- It is classified as a Near-Earth Object and a potentially hazardous asteroid.
- These objects are composed mostly of water ice with embedded dust particles.
- Asteroid 465824 2010 FR was discovered on March 18, 2010 by the Catalina Sky Survey (CSS).
- Asteroids are rocky objects that orbit the Sun, much smaller than planets.
- They are also called minor planets.
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