A trio of asteroids measuring over 25 meters in diameter are due to skim by Earth this week.
There have been a lot of space rocks flying by our planet recently, and on Monday not one but two space rocks will be buzzing past.
Both they and another one due on Wednesday were detected only this month, leaving little time for error in calculating their trajectories.
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RT repors: Asteroid 2020 PP3, 34 meters wide, will pass us by at a distance of 6.1 million kilometers (3.7 million miles), having only been spotted 13 days ago. It will be followed shortly afterwards by 2020 PJ6, 26 meters wide, at a distance of 5.3 million kilometers, which was spotted four days later on August 15.
Next up, on Wednesday, asteroid 2020 FF3, measuring 25 meters in diameter will come far closer, though maintaining a safe distance of 2.4 million kilometers. This space rock was only spotted on August 14.
Punctuating the mid week are two smaller asteroids, 2016 AH164 (3.9 meters) and 2020 QQ2 (15 meters), which will pass at a distance of six million and 3.2 million kilometers on Wednesday and Thursday respectively.
To put the danger in context, the Chelyabinsk meteor which exploded above Russia in February 2013 was just 18 meters in diameter, proving that it doesn’t take much for a meteorite or asteroid to cause a vast amount of destruction.
Meanwhile, the recently-discovered asteroid 2020 PG6 is expected to hit the Earth on August 31, 2029, and measures 14 meters in diameter, highlighting once again the need for humanity to remain vigilant lest we be caught off guard and face a catastrophic impact event.
Meanwhile, another asteroid, known as 2018VP1, stole all the headlines in the past few days having been billed as the “election day asteroid,” as it is estimated to come within 4,994.76 kilometers of Earth on November 2, 2020.
NASA was extremely quick to respond to the breathless headlines, clearly stating that, though there is a very slight chance it’ll “hit Earth” on November 2 2020, the day before the US presidential election, 2018VP1 is only two meters in diameter so will likely burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere if it does stray too close.
Niamh Harris
My comments that have been blocked by New Punch come from years of professional experience in this field.
How many years has New Punch been tracking and discovering asteroids?
Disqust moderate They’re totally left liberals They’re ruled by Vanguard corporation Vanguards reign totally over everything to do with the internet and smarty pants operations .
Yeah, I know that, but this wasn’t left or right….it was science! I worked in that science. I know what I’m talking about and cited facts.
All I said was that these asteroids pass closer than the moon, some much closer, every month!
Go to Space Weather website where these asteroids are listed. They post the closest lunar distance (LD) of these rocks and you can see for yourself the ones that have and LD less than 1, currently 5 of them! These are the facts!! This is updated daily.
Bud this is happening on every web site especially if you login thru Facebook or Google . You can watch comments disappear real time
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OK we have an asteroid coming we need more funding now isn’t that the jest of it.?
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Foment fear much? DEFUND NASA. It does nothing.