Scary! 4 deadly asteroids hurtling towards Earth in the next 2 days; one is 130-foot giant
If you are a space fanatic and love skygazing, you might not want to put your telescope aside. As many as 4 massive asteroids hurtling to earth in the next two days. Though these asteroids don't pose any threat to our planet, they will make a close approach. The US space agency keeps a track of asteroids and comets making relatively close approaches to Earth as they are potentially hazardous. Check out the asteroids that will be making a close approach to Earth in the next two days.
The asteroid 2022 SU21 measuring at around 130 feet will fly by the Earth from a relatively close distance. It will pass Earth on October 09 at 01:44 at a distance of 1.23 million kilometres at a speed of 20 kilometres per second.
The 34-foot Asteroid 2022 TR is currently in the constellation of Pegasus and will be getting close to earth on October 8 at a distance of just 1,540,000 kilometres.
Found on October 02, 2022, Asteroid 2022 TV will pass earth on October 08 at 18:36 at a distance of 2.4 million kilometres at a speed of 19 kilometres per second. It is 54 feet in size. It is currently south-southeast in the constellation of Aquarius at 46° altitude of above the horizon.
Detected on September 28, 2022, this near-Earth object belongs to the Apollo group. The 48-foot asteroid will make a close visit to Earth on October 09 at 12:11 at a distance of 1.74 million kilometres at a speed of 8 kilometres per second.
These asteroids are classified as Near-Earth objects. Nasa detects the orbital positions of these near-Earth objects come from the databases of the Minor Planet Center, while utmost of the asteroid-tracking data is collected by NASA-funded observatories - Pan-STARRS, the Catalina Sky Survey, NASA's NEOWISE mission and others.
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