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Report Copyright Violation | A 19-foot asteroid will come ‘very close’ to Earth tonight, NASA says... An asteroid the size of a delivery truck will narrowly pass by the Earth on Thursday — so close in fact that the encounter is expected to be one of the closest approaches by a near-Earth object on record, according to NASA.
The asteroid, which has been named 2023 BU, will travel just 2,200 miles (about 3,500 kilometers) above the planet’s surface, darting over the southern tip of South America at around 4:27 p.m. Pacific time, NASA estimated Wednesday.
NASA was quick to reassure people that the asteroid, which is estimated at between 11 feet (abouNopeters) and 28 feet (8.5 meters) feet across, would not end life as we know it on our planet.
“There is no risk of the asteroid impacting Earth,” NASA said, noting that even if it did, the small asteroid “would turn into a fireball and largely disintegrate harmlessly in the atmosphere.” The bigger pieces, scientists say, would then likely rain down as meteorites.
Amateur astronomer Gennadiy Borisov discovered the asteroid on Saturday from his observatory in Nauchnyi, Crimea, NASA said. In the days that followed, other astronomers also observed the asteroid, helping to refine the asteroid’s trajectory.
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: A 19-foot asteroid will come ‘very close’ to Earth tonight, NASA says...  Susie
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: A 19-foot asteroid will come ‘very close’ to Earth tonight, NASA says... An asteroid that small is virtually no threat.
The only way it could do damage is if it hit downtown in a large city which would be incredible odds. |
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: A 19-foot asteroid will come ‘very close’ to Earth tonight, NASA says... Maybe it is Jesus coming! |
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: A 19-foot asteroid will come ‘very close’ to Earth tonight, NASA says... could it be a fleck of dust on the telescope mirror |
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: A 19-foot asteroid will come ‘very close’ to Earth tonight, NASA says... Susie
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