After it flies by the earth today, it is not expected to be this close to our planet until the next century. The 2016 GW221 is the largest asteroid to fly by the Earth today at 40 meters wide, and it will pass the Earth at a distance of 3,740,000 kilometers. Asteroid 2022 FQ is a 37 meters wide asteroid and its closest approach to the Earth will be at 3,070,000 kilometers. eyLElfnptH- TravGneiss January 13, 2022Īsteroid 7482 (1994 PC1) was discovered by astronomer Robert McNaught in 1994. NASA: 5 asteroids headed towards the Earth. #DontLookUp- Bette_Blackwell January 17, 2022Īs long as we dont acknowledge it, it can't hurt us.- JB(I/Me) January 13, 2022 Ready for that asteroid to hit earth now.- Vairon Perez - Is it 2023 yet? January 18, 2022Ī lot of people were reminded of the recently-released Netflix film Don't Look Up, in which two scientists try to convince the United States government of the threat posed by a rapidly-approaching asteroid. That is a near miss… I hope that maths was ok, right?- Don_Boh January 15, 2022 Asteroid 2023 HW5 According to CNEOS, the asteroid 2023 HW5 some 147-foot in diameter is all set to make a close approach to planet Earth today. Its quadruple vaccinated so it can come in if it wants👍🏼- stumcq January 17, 2022 Now, according to NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), two gigantic asteroids are travelling towards planet Earth today, April 29, 2023. The asteroid 7482, also known as 1994 PC1, is about 1.6 km wide and has been categorised by US space agency Nasa as a “potentially hazardous object”.- Rajrishi Dubey January 18, 2022 Take a look at some of the reactions:Ī huge asteroid bigger than the size of Burj Khalifa is set to fly past Earth at a 1,230,000-mile distance on January 18. It will pass within 1.2 million miles of our planet, moving at 47,344 miles per hour, according to. On social media, news of the approaching asteroid created a huge buzz. CNN An asteroid estimated to be a kilometer (3,451 feet) wide will fly by Earth on January 18. Track it yourself here: /35pgUb1anq- NASA Asteroid Watch January 12, 2022 Rest assured, 1994 PC1 will safely fly past our planet 1.2 million miles away next Tues., Jan. Near-Earth #asteroid 1994 PC1 (~1 km wide) is very well known and has been studied for decades by our #PlanetaryDefense experts. According to NASA, 'A near-Earth object (NEO) is an asteroid or comet whose orbit brings it within a zone approximately 121 million miles (195 million kilometers) from the Sun, meaning that it can pass. You can watch 1994 PC1's journey through our solar system on NASA's live asteroid tracker, using the link below: Asteroids or comets that can pass within 30 million miles or 50 million kilometers of Earth's orbit are known as near-Earth objects or NEO. The asteroid will be travelling at a speed of around 45,000 miles per hour. In terms of Indian Standard Time, that would mean around 2.45 am on January 19.
Artistic image of asteroid 16 Psyche (NASA) Learning Objective: Learn the main characteristics of me. According to, the asteroid will make its closest approach on January 18 at 4.51 pm EST. LEARN What is so Special about Metallic Asteroids September 6, 2023.
"Rest assured, 1994 PC1 will safely fly past our planet 1.2 million miles away," NASA tweeted.
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