The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) reported that there are five asteroids that are close to Earth this week. Know their names, sizes and how far apart they are.
NASA reported that this list is based on data from the Center for the Study of Near-Earth Objects (CNEOS)which calculates high-precision orbits for Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) after continuous tracking.
The objects analyzed are within 4.6 million miles (7.5 million kilometers) of each other, which far exceeds the average distance between Earth and the Moon, which is about 239,000 miles (385,000 kilometers). This means that they will all pass at a distance much greater than that between the Earth and the Moon.
WHAT IS AN ASTEROID?
Asteroids are relatively small, inactive bodies that orbit the Sun. They are usually made of rocky, dusty, and metallic materials. Most orbit within the main asteroid belt, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, but some follow paths that circle into the interior of the solar system (including near-Earth asteroids), while others remain outside the orbit of Neptune. , explain it POT.
WHAT ARE THE 5 ASTEROIDS THAT ARE CLOSE TO EARTH, ACCORDING TO NASA?
Below, learn about the next five approaches to Earth within 4.6 million miles (7.5 million kilometers or 19.5 times the distance to the Moon). It should be explained that an object greater than 150 meters that can approach Earth within this distance is called potentially hazardous.
Asteroid: (2023 KP24)
- Approximate size: 63 feet
- Approach to Earth: 2,960,000 Miles
- Date: June 2, 2023.
Asteroid: (2023KE5)
- Approximate size: 77 feet
- Approach to Earth: 1,400,000 Miles
- Date: June 1, 2023.
Asteroid: (2023 JM1)
- Approximate size: 72 feet
- Approach to Earth: 2,400,000 Miles
- Date: June 1, 2023.
Asteroid: (2023 KS2)
- Approximate size: 68 feet
- Approach to Earth: 2,460,000 Miles
- Date: June 2, 2023.
Asteroid: (2023KZ2)
- Approximate size: 63 feet
- Approach to Earth: 2,960,000 Miles
- Date: June 2, 2023.
COULD ASTEROIDS COLLIDE WITH EARTH?
The POT indicated that it is unlikely that asteroids impact, since they do not have sufficient dimensions to reach a catastrophic scenario, in view of this, they estimate that they will pass between the Moon and the Earth.
Currently, a total of 1,278,331 asteroids are known and, as a whole, the mass of all planetoids is less than that of the terrestrial Moon.
Scientists explain that the higher danger of a potential impact it’s a one in 714 chance. There’s a crash that’s scheduled for the year 2185.