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English: This animation shows asteroid 2016 AJ193 rotate as it was observed by Goldstone’s 70-meter (230 foot) antenna on Aug. 22, 2021. Three-quarters of a mile (1.3-kilometers) wide, the object was the 1,001st near-Earth asteroid to be measured by planetary radar since 1968.
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Source https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/planetary-radar-observes-1000th-near-earth-asteroid-since-1968
Author NASA/JPL-Caltech

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