Astronomers discover new "potentially dangerous" near-Earth asteroids with the first successful application of HelioLinc 3D algorithm

CTOnews.com, August 3 (Xinhua)-- A team of researchers at the University of Washington recently issued a statement saying that the "potentially dangerous near-Earth asteroid" (PHA) has been successfully discovered through the HelioLinc 3D algorithm under test.

The asteroid passed Earth on the other side of its orbit and was classified as a potentially dangerous asteroid (PHA). The team says that according to the current trajectory, it will not pose a threat to the planet in the foreseeable future.

CTOnews.com Note: potentially dangerous asteroids may sound like a threat to Earth, but they mainly refer to intruders near Earth and usually do not pose a threat to Earth.

The University of Washington developed the HelioLinc 3D algorithm, which is mainly used to calculate near-Earth asteroids that pose a threat to Earth, which is still being tested.

During an algorithm test in Hawaii, the team found the near-Earth asteroid, which is 600ft long and named 2022 SF 289.

The asteroid is 2022 SF289, a 600ft-long space rock that is currently about four astronomical units from Earth (that is, four times the distance between Earth and the sun).