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In light of the list of humanity’s growing problems in 2020, NASA gave a global “alert” not just to one asteroid, but to two asteroids, which are likely to pose a threat to Earth next month.
With news broadcast of the 1998 asteroid OR2 approaching Earth at a distance of 6.3 million kilometers on April 29, it is indeed possible to expect to see two Apollo asteroids that may pose a potential danger in the coming weeks.
Estimates based on the amount of light reflected by the first asteroid PHA (2009 XO) indicate that it is (most likely) the size of a soccer field and is moving at 45,720 km / h.
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The rock body rotates around the sun every 926 days, and is of the Apollo class of asteroids whose orbits cross Earth’s orbits, thus alerting NASA planetary defense experts to a matter of constant concern.
Fortunately, XO 2009 is slated to pass close to our planet at a distance of approximately 3.3 million km on May 7, which is still considered “close” by NASA standards.
The space rock is poised to make dozens of movements near Earth in the next 200 years, the closest of which will happen on May 7, 2096, when it will reach a distance of 1.5 million kilometers from Earth.
2009 XO will follow asteroid 136795 (1997 BQ) after two weeks, which is twice the size of the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world.
This giant is also an Apollo asteroid, orbiting the sun every 844 days. Moving at a relatively high speed of 42048 km / h, it is expected to pass close to Earth on May 21 at a distance of 6.2 million km.
Source: RT
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