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IAC Telescope Detects Asteroid 2026 PC6 Passing Close to Earth

The asteroid, roughly the size of a bus, flew 14,573 kilometers above the surface on August 12, 2026, without posing an impact risk.

Theo Anand
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The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) detected asteroid 2026 PC6 passing very close to Earth on the early morning of August 12, 2026, using its ATLAS-Teide telescope system at the Teide Observatory.[3]