A large quartet of asteroids are passing by planet Earth this week, but they will all pass us from millions of kilometers away, according to the NASA, which is the United States government agency responsible for space exploration programs. Find out more about them below.
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These four asteroids that are flying over our planet right now are passing within about 4.6 million miles (7.5 millions of kilometers) from us, but they are close enough to be on the list of potentially hazardous asteroids (PHA) from NASA. According to the weekly chart of asteroid passes, none of them will come closer than 2.2 million miles (3.5 million km).
These big space rock flybys this week all started with asteroid 2012 DK31, which measures about 450 feet (137 meters) in diameter and is wider than a 40-meter skyscraper. floors. It is tall! It passed about 3 million miles (4.8 million km) from Earth on Monday, the 27th.
Although 2012 DK31's approach distance meets NASA's PHA requirements, NASA designed its path for the next 200 years and found that 2012 DK31 will pose no impact risk.
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A second large asteroid called 2006 BE55 flew by Earth on the 28th, 2.2 million miles from our planet. At 450 feet across, it's about the same size as 2023 DK31 and takes up to five years to orbit us, according to Livescience.
On Friday, the 3rd, two more large asteroids passed close to Earth, including the largest of the week's four space rocks. The first was the 2007 ED125, which is about 213 meters in diameter, which makes it the size of a large football stadium. He promoted the biggest flyover of the week.
This asteroid was nearly 2.8 million miles (4.4 million km) from Earth during its flyby, according to NASA. The second largest is 2021 QW, with its 250 feet (76 m) diameter, which passed 3.3 million miles (5.3 million km) from Earth.
In fact, there were two more asteroids flying over the Earth on Friday. Both are the size of a large aircraft, but much smaller than the 2007 ED125 and 2021 QW. One of them is called 2017 BM123 and is 190 feet (58 m) wide, which has passed for about 2.9 million miles (4.6 million km).
The other is a newly discovered asteroid, which is called 2023 DX and which passed 2 million kilometers from Earth. It was first detected on Monday, the 27th, according to NASA.
Many researchers and other scientists around the world regularly scan the skies for asteroids that might one day pose an impact risk. In addition to observing and tracking them with telescopes, these researchers and astronomers can use radio antennas as NASA's Goldstone facility with the Deep Space Network to make rock-passing radar observations space.
