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Zwicky Transient Facility, or ZTF, detected the asteroid 2019 AQ3 on January 4, 2019. (GRAPHIC SUPPLIED)

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Asteroid from ‘Rare Species’ Sighted in the Cosmic Wild

by eNews Park Forest on February 8, 2019

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asteroid, 2019 AQ3, rare species — Zwicky Transient Facility, or ZTF, detected the asteroid 2019 AQ3 on January 4, 2019. (GRAPHIC SUPPLIED)