Asteroid 2017 BU

The asteroid 2017 BU was detected on January 19, 2017. This near-Earth object belongs to the Apollo group.

It makes one orbit around the Sun in 376 days. The aphelion (farthest point from the Sun) of the asteroid 2017 BU orbits is 191 million kilometers, and the perihelion (nearest point to the Sun) is 114 million kilometers.

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Approach to Earth

This year, the asteroid 2017 BU will pass past Earth on August 29 at 11:35 at a distance of 6.05 million kilometers at a speed of 7 kilometers per second.

The next close approach of asteroid 2017 BU to our planet will happen on February 05, 2051. On that day, its distance to Earth will be 7.6 million kilometers.

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