2959 Scholl
Encyclopedia
2959 Scholl is an outer main-belt asteroid
discovered on September 4, 1983 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff (AM). It was named after the German astronomer Hans Scholl
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It is the 67th most dangerous asteroid
, as classified by NASA
. NASA considers 2959 Scholl to be on a trajectory within 75,000 miles of Earth
on May 21st, 2017.
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
discovered on September 4, 1983 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff (AM). It was named after the German astronomer Hans Scholl
Hans Scholl (astronomer)
Hans Scholl, born 1942, is a German astronomer working at the Côte d'Azur Observatory in Nice, France. In 1999, he was part of a team that discovered the satellites Prospero, Setebos and Stephano of the planet Uranus.-External links:*-References:...
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It is the 67th most dangerous asteroid
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
, as classified by NASA
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
. NASA considers 2959 Scholl to be on a trajectory within 75,000 miles of Earth
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...
on May 21st, 2017.