Two 100 foot asteroids pass Earth today.
This artist’s impression shows an asteroid that has split up to due to rotational fission and become a binary. New work shows that such binaries will break apart and form two separate asteroids on similar, but independent, orbits around the Sun if the larger piece is more than five times as massive as the smaller.
NASA Reveals How Close These Scary Space Rocks Come NASA is tracking up to four approaching asteroids, including two 100 foot tall space rocks. These two asteroids are approaching Earth today. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, better known by its acronym NASA, has revealed that as many as four asteroids are quietly heading toward Earth.
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Each is a different size. While asteroids are certainly something to fear, having collided with Earth several times in their long history, causing global destruction, none of them have the potential to affect our planet.
This is because NASA scientists constantly monitor their movements and this has shown that they can get very close to Earth without posing a threat. However, their close encounter with Earth is imminent – until two asteroids, hundred foot long monsters, approach today.
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How close these asteroids will be – revealed the first is Asteroid 2024 FR3. It is about the size of an airplane. It’s a 78,foot asteroid, and despite its large size, it’s supposed to keep a safe distance of 824,000 miles from Earth. The other is the airplane-sized asteroid 2024 FG3. It is a 100, foot asteroid, and it safely passes the Earth at a distance of 1,940,000 miles. The third is the Asteroid 2024 FN3, and it also passes the Earth today. It is also a 100,foot-long asteroid on its long journey to Earth. This asteroid will come within 4,220,000 miles of Earth. The fourth is asteroid 2024 FL3. It’s also a 100,foot monster, but its closest approach will be on April 3, 2024. Traveling within 2,030,000 miles of Earth will mark the end of this series of encounters.
That left a mark! The #DARTMission proved that an impactor could deflect a hazardous asteroid, should one ever be on a collision course with Earth. A new study shows DART's test impact changed not only the motion of a small asteroid, but also its shape. https://t.co/Jx8rx9vYVu pic.twitter.com/jzfCLy0bRK
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The most important thing to note here is that. the universe is vast and much of them from cosmic rocks that somehow fall from the asteroid belt somewhere, and reach very close to the Earth.
NASA and other global space agencies monitor these asteroids to make sure none of them are headed for a potentially catastrophic collision with Earth. While none of these asteroids posed an immediate threat, their nearby ridges are a frightening reminder of the dangers that could ever. existed. -in an existing space that must be carefully monitored for potential hazards.