The alarm sounded at the US space agency NASA One of them has also been spotted huge asteroidAnd longer than the length of ten buses in a rowHeading towards the ground.
Although it is approx Nine times farther than the moonthe asteroid watched closely by NASA.
Scientifically named asteroid 2013 WV44It will pass on Wednesday (28/6) from Earth. Its diameter is estimated to be 160 meters, which means that it is Bigger than the London Eye (394 ft) As well as from Big Ben (310 ft).
will travel with The speed is 11.8 km per second Or more than 26,000 miles per hour, which is about 34 times the speed of sound.
He notes that although he is heading towards the ground, It will never get close to 0.02334 AU or about 2.1 million miles.
It is classified as a Near Earth Object (NEO). the NEO They are “comets and asteroids that are propelled by the gravity of nearby planets into orbits that allow them to enter Earth’s neighborhood,” says NASA.
Although No PHA identified, any potentially hazardous asteroid, Japanese astronomer Atsu Asami said that it is relatively large.
According to NASA, it is estimated that there is 32254 knowledge NEO – Asteroids in our solar systema number that has increased from 30,000 since last October.
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