12-03-2020, 03:21 AM
Thanks to one of the observatories on Mauna Kea, it’s been determined the near earth object (which wasn’t far out) was a flashback from the ‘60’s:
New Data Confirm 2020 SO to be the Upper Centaur Rocket Booster from the 1960’s
Using data collected at NASA’s Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) and orbit analysis from the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, scientists have confirmed that Near-Earth Object (NEO) 2020 SO is, in fact, a 1960’s-Era Centaur rocket booster.
In addition to supporting a variety of NASA planetary missions, NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility on Maunakea on the Big Island of Hawaii is also used to determine the composition of near-Earth objects. University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/new-data-co...the-1960-s
New Data Confirm 2020 SO to be the Upper Centaur Rocket Booster from the 1960’s
Using data collected at NASA’s Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) and orbit analysis from the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, scientists have confirmed that Near-Earth Object (NEO) 2020 SO is, in fact, a 1960’s-Era Centaur rocket booster.
In addition to supporting a variety of NASA planetary missions, NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility on Maunakea on the Big Island of Hawaii is also used to determine the composition of near-Earth objects. University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/new-data-co...the-1960-s