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FP TrendsApril 28, 2020 12:01:01 IST
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has said that a huge asteroid will pass Earth at a distance of 6.2 million kilometers on April 29. The space agency has named it Asteroid 1998 OR2.
Asteroid 1998 OR2 is supposed to fly through the earth on April 29. Image credit: NASA asteroid clock
According to Space.com, the asteroid does not pose a threat to Earth. The website reported last week that the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico captured a radar image of the 1998 asteroid OR2. The observatory is the location of the second largest single-dish radio telescope in the world.
The 1998 OR2 asteroid will safely pass Earth at a distance of 3.9 million miles / 6.2 million kilometers on April 29. Astronomers who study the #asteroid with radar they are also keeping a safe distance from each other! Just another day to #planetarydefense https://t.co/32BSc0TkPM
– NASA Asteroid Clock (@AsteroidWatch) April 20, 2020
According to scientists, the asteroid has no chance of making contact with Earth, since the asteroid will fly through the blue planet at a distance of 6.2 million kilometers. The Earth’s natural satellite (moon) orbits it at an average distance of approximately 3.85,000 km.
“There are no asteroids that have any significant chance of hitting Earth that are significant in size,” he reported. Space.com quoting Paul Chodas, manager of NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
The asteroid is expected to be between 1.8 and 4.1 kilometers wide.
NASA turned to Facebook to post about the asteroid, stating that while it does not pose a threat to the planet, scientists can “learn a lot by studying it.”
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