This view of asteroid Bennu ejecting particles from its surface on Jan. 6, 2019, was created by combining two images taken by the NavCam 1 imager aboard NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona/Lockheed Martin
Because our solar system is so large, scientists nearly always come across alien objects, some of which have the potential to be destructive. While some of them are very dormant, they are all nonetheless alluring enough. There will be five near-Earth asteroid flybys this week, according to a recent update by NASA’s asteroid tracking system. According to the government, the flybys started on September 11 and will continue through September 18. It was not made clear when the interactions actually took place. The dimensions and separation of the asteroids that would get as close as possible were also disclosed by NASA.
APPROXIMATE SIZE: AIRPLANE-SIZE
70 Feet
CLOSEST EARTH APPROACH: 1,420,000 Miles
NAME: (2022 RE)
DATE: Sept. 11, 2022
APPROXIMATE SIZE: AIRPLANE-SIZE
140 Feet
CLOSEST EARTH APPROACH: 4,540,000 Miles
NAME: (2022 QF2)
DATE: Sept. 11, 2022
APPROXIMATE SIZE: HOUSE-SIZE
45 Feet
CLOSEST EARTH APPROACH: 725,000 Miles
NAME: (2022 RJ2)
DATE: Sept. 12, 2022
APPROXIMATE SIZE: BUILDING-SIZE
310 Feet
CLOSEST EARTH APPROACH: 4,160,000 Miles
NAME: (2008 RW)
DATE: Sept. 12, 2022
APPROXIMATE SIZE: AIRPLANE-SIZE
84 Feet
CLOSEST EARTH APPROACH: 2,330,000 Miles
NAME: (2022 RQ)
DATE: Sept. 13, 2022
About the Asteroid Watch Dashboard
The asteroids and comets that will pass reasonably close to Earth are monitored by the Asteroid Watch dashboard. For each encounter, the dashboard shows the date of closest approach, an estimated object diameter, relative size, and distance from Earth. Hovering over the encounter date reveals the object’s name. A Web website with information about that object will be displayed when you click the encounter date.
A potentially hazardous object is one that can approach the Earth within 4.6 million miles (or 7.5 million kilometers, or 19.5 times the distance to the moon) and is larger than about 150 meters. The dashboard shows the next five Earth approaches within this range.
About 239,000 miles separate Earth and the moon on average (385,000 kilometers).
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