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Hyderabad That you live in interesting times is an old adage that is often used ironically, which is supposedly attributed to the Chinese philosopher Confucius and is considered a curse. However, the irony is that the difficulties facing our world today are nothing, if not interesting.
And as if the coronavirus pandemic that has brought our world to a virtual standstill, has not been a sufficient threat to our survival; A gigantic and “potentially dangerous” asteroid is rapidly approaching our planet that can probably annihilate our civilization in the event of an impact.
However, the US space agency. The US, NASA tweeted earlier this month that the fast-moving asteroid will safely pass Earth for a distance of about 6.2 million km. Another tweet from the space agency said: “The orbit is well understood and will harmlessly pass 16 times the distance to our moon. No one should have any concern about it. “
Have you heard of the 1998 OR2 asteroid close-up on April 29? Rest assured that this asteroid will pass Earth safely for 3.9 million miles / 6.2 million kilometers. Have other questions about #asteroids and #planetarydefense? Ask them using #askNASA! pic.twitter.com/a3WhttAoED
– NASA Asteroid Clock (@AsteroidWatch) April 14, 2020
Asteroid OR2 1998, officially known as asteroid (52768) and was first discovered by astronomers in 1998, who have been constantly observing the space rock to estimate its orbital trajectory. NASA has included the 1998 asteroid OR2 in the “potentially dangerous” asteroid category due to its massive size. It is estimated to be around 4.1 kilometers long and 1.8 kilometers wide and is unusually bright. NASA classifies all asteroids above 100 meters in size and within a distance of about 7,480,000 kilometers from Earth in the category of “Potentially Hazardous Asteroids” (PHAs). The space agency has estimated that there are around 4,700 of these asteroids, plus or minus 1,500, and so far, between 20 and 30 percent of them have been found.
Enjoy this super video that shows potentially dangerous #asteroid # 1998OR2 crossing the stars, preparing for its SAFE flyby next April 29. @BadAstronomer @AsteroidDay @PopSci @earthskyscience @universetoday @SkyandTelescope
Full resolution version: https://t.co/OHKUvGhH4f pic.twitter.com/p1T2hUuI9Q
– Virtual telescope (@VirtualTelescop) April 17, 2020
Earlier this month, the Arecibo Observatory, the world’s second largest 24-hour single-dish radio telescope, located in Puerto Rico, Chile and the Virtual Telescope Project in Rome, managed to capture the flashes of the massive and unusually bright asteroid. . According to some media reports, 1998 OR2 will be one of the largest and brightest near-Earth asteroids, and when it approaches Earth on April 29 at 09:56 GMT, it will travel through space at a supersonic speed of Approximately 8.7 kilometers per second, or around 31,320 kilometers per hour, will mark the asteroid’s closest flyby in at least a century. It will sail harmlessly at a distance of 6.3 million kilometers, which is equivalent to more than 16 times the lunar distance or the average distance between Earth and the Moon. The next time this asteroid approaches our planet it will be in the year 20179.
To see the live broadcast of this once in a lifetime event, click on the following link:
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (52768) 1998 OR2 Close Encounter: Online Observations – April 28, 2020
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