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Radar Images of Asteroid 2017 BQ6

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This composite of 11 images of asteroid 2017 BQ6 was generated with radar data collected using NASA's Goldstone Solar System Radar in California's Mojave Desert on Feb. 5, 2017, between 5:24 and 5:52 p.m. PST (8:24 to 8:52 p.m. EST / 1:24 to 1:52 UTC). The images have resolutions as fine as 12 feet (3.75 meters) per pixel. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA21453

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10/02/2017
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California Institute of Technology - Jet Propulsion Laboratory ,  34.20139, -118.17341
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label_outline Explore Goldstone Deep Space Network Dsn, Radar, Asteroid

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