A giant planet called 2010 FR will pass over Earth today. The asteroids are so massive that they are said to be twice the size of the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt. NASA is looking for an asteroid while flying through the Earth, but it has almost zero percent chance of colliding with the Earth.
NASA expects the 2010 FR to pass at a distance of F.6 million miles from our planet. Which is about 19 times the distance of the moon from the earth. The asteroid’s physical dimensions are about 886 feet high and essentially the same in width. The 2020 FR is classified as an Apollo category asteroid because it crosses Earth’s orbit.
In addition to being a giant asteroid, it also travels at speeds of up to 14 kilometers per second. Scientists are taking the opportunity to study the planet because it zips up our planet. The Virtual Telescope project will take images of space rock.
It is difficult to take images of an asteroid so far from our planet. The Virtual Telescope Project says that the photos taken took less time than ideal conditions. The image below shows the asteroid when it was about 7.8 million kilometers from Earth. It is determined by the arrow in the center of the picture.
The asteroid is considered “potentially dangerous” because while it is passing too far from Earth today, it will collide with the planet at some point in the future. Asteroids often form long orbits, and interactions with the Sun or other planets can alter their orbits. Any planet with a minimum orbital intersection of 0.05 AU or less is considered potentially dangerous.
