The giant space rock is estimated to be between 180ft to 393ft wide, which is between 55 and 120 metres, making it bigger than Big Ben.NASA’s Centre for Near-Earth Objects classes 2020 0M4 as "potentially hazardous" as it will come within a certain distance to Earth.It is an Apollo asteroid, which is a group of asteroids that cross Earth's orbit, and have an orbital semi-major axis greater than that of the Earth.Thankfully, the space rock is expected to miss the planet by a distance of 0.02035 astronomical units (AU) or 1,891,650 miles when it passes at 00:50ET or 4:50GMT.Astronomers are currently tracking nearly 2,000 asteroids, comets and other objects that threaten our planet.On Thursday and Friday alone, five asteroids, including the mammoth rock will pass Earth, each travelling at different speeds.The first asteroid, 2018 PY7 will fly past at 6.32EST followed by 2007 RF1 at 9:03EST.
NASA’s automated asteroid tracking system is monitoring five space rocks that will fly past Earth this week. They are leftovers from that time long ago when planets formed.By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. It will be about 0.02457 astronomical units or 2.3 million miles from the planet during its approach.
The asteroid will come within just 0.034 astronomical units (AU) or 5,086,327 kilometres of Earth, much farther than the Moon which is an average of 500,000 kilometres away.According to the Independent, there are two objects--2016 DY30 and 2020 ME3-- and they will be further away than the Moon, even at their closest point to Earth. As well as 2018 PYZ and 2007 RFI - 2020 OC1 and 2020 OT4 will safely skim past planet Earth.According to NASA, a "Near-Earth Object" or NEO is a term used to describe "comets and asteroids that have been nudged by the gravitational attraction of nearby planets into orbits that allow them to enter the Earth’s neighbourhood".Earth hasn't seen an asteroid of apocalyptic scale since the space rock that wiped out the dinosaurs 66million years ago.When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. 'Potentially Hazardous' Asteroid to Pass Earth This Week. American space agency NASA has said that at least five asteroids are headed towards Earth this week, which will give curious minds yet another thing to watch out for from their telescope.
Near-Earth objects (NEOs) are asteroids and comets that orbit the Sun, but their orbits bring them into Earth's neighbourhood - within 30 million miles of Earth's orbit.Asteroids are small, rocky objects that orbit the sun. A gigantic asteroid almost as large as Mount Everest is zooming toward Earth next month, but NASA says not to worry -- it's not expected to collide with our planet. For context, the Chelyabinsk meteor which exploded above Russia on February 15, 2013 was just 18 meters in diameter, but was still sizeable enough to cause significant localized damage.It exploded with up to 33 times the energy released from the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
NASA's Asteroid Watch widget, that track asteroids and comets, shows that the “Asteroid 2020 ND” will whiz past Earth on July 24. The Center for Near-Earth Object Studies, based at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, also uses these data to calculate high-precision orbits for all known near-Earth objects and predict future close approaches by them to Earth, as well as the potential for any future impacts by objects from outer space.Five other asteroids will fly by towards the end of July 2020--these include the 2002 BF25 on July 21, the 2020 ND on July 24, 2020 MX3 on July 29 as well as the 2018 PY7 and the 2007 RF1 on July 31.
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