House-sized Asteroid to Pass Closer to Earth Than the Moon Today
Asteroid 2023 RR5 is due to skim past at a distance of 130,000 miles away from Earth, nearly twice as close as the Moon at 240,000 miles.
Source: newsweek.com
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Asteroid 2023 RR5 is due to skim past at a distance of 130,000 miles away from Earth, nearly twice as close as the Moon at 240,000 miles.
The asteroid is due to fly past its closest point to Earth at 2:36 p.m. ET at a speed of around 30,500 mph.
The asteroid, named 488453 (1994 XD), is due to pass the Earth at a speed of around 48,000 mph.
The asteroid, which is called 2023 HV5, will fly past the Earth on Wednesday at around 10 times the speed of a bullet being fired.
The asteroid, named 2006 HV5, is one of the many Near-Earth Objects tracked by NASA.