2 Airplane-Sized Asteroids to Make Close Approaches to Earth This Week
Five asteroids, one the size of a home and two the size of an airplane, will travel past Earth between September 6 and September 12.
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Five asteroids, one the size of a home and two the size of an airplane, will travel past Earth between September 6 and September 12.
An Apollo group asteroid is expected to make its closest approach to Earth today, August 20. According to details revealed by NASA, it is hurtling toward the planet and will get very close!
Recalling the fate of the dinosaurs, the ever-present possibility of a catastrophic asteroid impact has caused a great deal of worry for many.
Asteroid 2023 HY3 is travelling at a speed of 23,596 kilometres per hour and will pass by Earth at a distance of 6.3 million kilometres.
Asteroid 2023 HU4 is all set to make its closest approach to our planet Earth at a distance of 528,000 kilometres.