'City killer' asteroid almost three times the size of Big Ben set to make its closest pass of Earth TODAY | JD2472F | 2024-02-03 15:08:01
Asteroid 2008 OS7 is a whopping 890ft (271m), in response to the Nasa Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which can monitor the enormous area ro
A "POTENTIALLY hazardous" asteroid almost 3 times the dimensions of Massive Ben is about to make its closest move of Earth right now.
Asteroid 2008 OS7 is a whopping 890ft (271m), in response to the Nasa Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which can monitor the enormous area rock as it flies by.
Nevertheless, it's closest strategy will come no closer than 1,770,000 miles of Earth.
That distance is more than seven occasions additional away than the moon orbits Earth.
There isn't a fear that the asteroid will impression Earth, in response to Nasa.
The asteroid has been categorized as a "Probably Hazardous Asteroid (PHA)" as a result of its orbit intersects with that of Earth.
If it have been to collide with Earth, asteroid 2008 OS7 it might wipe out a city as giant as New York.
Novice astronomers should stand-down, nevertheless, as 2008 OS7 won't be seen to the bare eye or together with your common telescope.
</div> As area rocks go, asteroid 2008 OS7 is fairly minor.
Last yr, Earth had greater than 100 shut encounters with giant asteroids.
In accordance with Dr Minjae Kim, Analysis Fellow in the Division of Physics at Warwick University, 2008 OS7 is "a very small asteroid" regardless of the injury it might do.
Dr Kim added: "Some of the intriguing features of the 2008 OS7 is its estimated diameter based mostly on its luminosity and reflective properties, ranging from zero.221 to zero.494 kilometres.
"This locations it in the class of a small to moderately-sized asteroid, roughly equivalent to the dimensions of a football area.
"We don't need to fret about it too much as this asteroid won't enter Earth's environment, whereas it will nonetheless strategy close to the Earth."
The subsequent time asteroid 2008 OS7 will cross by Earth is in 962 days, when it completes its orbit across the solar.
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