Earth is set to witness a ‘mini-moon’ called 2024 PT5, a small asteroid that will not collide with Earth but will orbit around it, similar to the Moon, for a brief period of around two months by the end of this month. A study suggests that 2024 PT5 likely originated from the Arjuna asteroid belt, which contains space rocks that …
Asteroid 2020 ND - a huge asteroid is set to move past Earth today, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has said. According to the American space agency, asteroid 2020 ND is nearly 170 metre-long and will be as close as 0.034 astronomical units to the Earth. “Potentially Hazardous Asteroids are currently defined based on parameters that measure the asteroid’s …
Approaching of asteroids towards Earth is not a very uncommon event. But such events catch attention when the space rock moving past our planet is of enormous size. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has announced that a space rock almost 1.5 times the size of the London Eye will make its closest approach to Earth on 24 July, reported …
A massive asteroid which is larger than the famous London Eye will be approaching the Earth in just a couple of days. One AU is the distance between the Earth and the Sun and it is expected that coming Saturday, the gigantic asteroid which is travelling at a staggering 13.5 kilometres per second - or 48,000 kilometres per hour will …