File photo: Dwarf planet Ceres is seen in the main asteroid belt, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, as illustrated in this undated artist's conception released by NASA January 22, 2014. (REUTERS/NASA/ESA/Handout via Reuters)
Beijing: Two new near-Earth asteroids have recently been discovered and confirmed, the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences said.
Xinhua news agency reported that the asteroids, designated as 2022 OS1 and 2022 ON1, were first spotted by the observatory's Near-Earth Object Telescope on July 23-24, respectively. Their discovery was confirmed by the Minor Planet Center under the International Astronomical Union.
The two newly-discovered asteroids belong to the Amor group of asteroids, and are estimated to be 230 meters and 45 meters in diameter, said the observatory.
