'City killer' asteroid almost three times the size of Big Ben set to make its closest pass of Earth TODAY | X13361W | 2024-02-04 15:08:01
Asteroid 2008 OS7 is a whopping 890ft (271m), in accordance with the Nasa Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which can monitor the enormous a
A "POTENTIALLY hazardous" asteroid almost 3 times the dimensions of Massive Ben is about to make its closest move of Earth as we speak.
Asteroid 2008 OS7 is a whopping 890ft (271m), in accordance with 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 nearer than 1,770,000 miles of Earth.
That distance is more than seven occasions further away than the moon orbits Earth.
There isn't a fear that the asteroid will influence Earth, based on Nasa.
The asteroid has been categorized as a "Probably Hazardous Asteroid (PHA)" because 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 average telescope.
</div> As area rocks go, asteroid 2008 OS7 is fairly minor.
Final yr, Earth had more than 100 close encounters with giant asteroids.
Based on Dr Minjae Kim, Analysis Fellow within the Division of Physics at Warwick College, 2008 OS7 is "a very small asteroid" despite the injury it might do.
Dr Kim added: "One of the crucial intriguing elements 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 within the class of a small to moderately-sized asteroid, roughly equal to the dimensions of a soccer subject.
"We don't need to fret about it too much as this asteroid won't enter Earth's environment, whereas it will nonetheless strategy near 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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