Space exploration began with the launch of Sputnik and Astrophysics was born as the application of physics to the phenomena observed by Astronomy, which etymologically means laws of the stars.
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Asteroid 1937 UB, discovered by K. Reinmuth in 1937 when it passed within 800,000 km of the Earth, in what was then the closest approach of an asteroid ever recorded. It reached eighth magnitude and travelled across the sky at a rate of 5° per hour. It was observed for a only a few days and was subsequently lost.
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