The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has warned that a massive asteroid, traveling at a speed of 48,000 kilometers per hour, is expected to pass Earth this week.
According to NASA, “Asteroid 2020 ND” will pass Earth on July 24. There are also reports of two other asteroids expected to pass Earth on Sunday called 2016 DY30 and 2020 ME3, they reported. Business Insider.
“Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs) are currently defined based on parameters that measure the asteroid’s potential to make threatening approaches to Earth. Specifically, all asteroids with a minimum orbit intersection distance (MOID) of 0.05 au or less are considered PHAs, “NASA said in a statement.
NASA said asteroid 2020 ND is approximately 170 meters long and will be as close as 0.034 astronomical units (5,086,328 kilometers) to our planet.
He added that 2016 DY30 is heading in the direction of Earth at a speed of 54,000 kilometers per hour, while 2020 ME3 travels at 16,000 kilometers per hour. The 2016 DY30 is the smaller of the two asteroids at 15 feet wide.
NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) has revealed that DY30 2016 will be as close to approximately 0.02306 astronomical units from Earth, which translates to 3.4 million km. “The closest approach to the largest asteroid will be on July 19 at 10:02 AM IST. It has been classified as an Apollo asteroid because it crosses Earth’s path while traveling around the sun,” he said.
He added that 2020 ME3 will be further from Earth when it reaches its closest distance to the planet at 02:51 AM IST the next day (July 21). “The expected distance from Earth from the smallest asteroid is approximately 0.03791 astronomical units that translate to 5.6 million kilometers. It has been labeled as an Asteroid Love, since it does not cross the path of Earth and only flies close to Earth on several occasions, “said the Center. additional.
However, these two asteroids do not pose a threat to our planet, NASA added.
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