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Huge and Potentially Dangerous Asteroid Approaching Earth
Huge and Potentially Dangerous Asteroid Approaching Earth
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On October 3, the Earth will pass by a large near-Earth asteroid. It has no verbal name, only the number 349507 (2008 QY). The minimum distance to the asteroid will be 6.3 million kilometers, which could classified it as potentially hazardous to the Earth.
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The asteroid was discovered in 2008. But before that, the asteroid appeared in space images in 1989. Astronomers did not notice it then, but were able to detect it in archival images after calculating its trajectory in the past. In addition to optical observations, astronomers conducted a series of radar experiments with the asteroid in 2012, which allowed them to determine its speed and distance from the Earth. In total, astronomers have made more than 500 observations of this body to date.Its diameter can range from 0.5 to 1.1 km, scientists say. On October 3, the distance between the Earth and 349507 will shrink to a minimum of 6.3 million km, or 0.04 astronomical units (a.u.), equal to the radius of the Earth's orbit. This is 16 times the distance to the Moon, but allows the asteroid to be considered dangerous by NASA's criteria. The agency, however, has assured that the Earth is not at risk of severe asteroid impacts for the next century.Kilometre-sized near-Earth asteroids approaching the Earth are relatively rare objects, as some of them have already collided with the Earth in previous geological eras.
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large near-earth asteroid, potentially hazardous, minimum distance to the asteroid
large near-earth asteroid, potentially hazardous, minimum distance to the asteroid
Huge and Potentially Dangerous Asteroid Approaching Earth
On October 3, the Earth will pass by a large near-Earth asteroid. It has no verbal name, only the number 349507 (2008 QY). The minimum distance to the asteroid will be 6.3 million kilometers, which could classify it as potentially hazardous to the Earth.
The asteroid was discovered in 2008. But before that, the asteroid appeared in space images in 1989. Astronomers did not notice it then, but were able to detect it in archival images after calculating its trajectory in the past.
In addition to optical observations, astronomers conducted a series of radar experiments with the asteroid in 2012, which allowed them to determine its speed and distance from the Earth. In total,
astronomers have made more than 500 observations of this body to date.
Its diameter can range from 0.5 to 1.1 km, scientists say.
On October 3, the distance between the Earth and 349507 will shrink to a minimum of 6.3 million km, or 0.04 astronomical units (a.u.), equal to the radius of the Earth's orbit. This is 16 times the distance to the Moon, but allows the asteroid to be considered dangerous by NASA's criteria. The agency, however, has assured that the Earth is not at risk of severe asteroid impacts for the next century.
Kilometre-sized near-Earth asteroids
approaching the Earth are relatively rare objects, as some of them have already collided with the Earth in previous geological eras.
