NASA warns that a giant 240-foot-wide asteroid will come dangerously close to Earth today, Nov. 12. Know the consequences of a giant asteroid.
Since the discovery of this new type of asteroid, which moves entirely in Earth’s orbit, the threat of an asteroid strike has increased many times over for us. The threat posed by these asteroids is because most are untrackable due to the Sun’s glare and the photosensitive nature of the telescope. This means that any of these asteroids could blind astronomers and strike Earth without warning. But the threat is bigger than that. This also means that any asteroid that passes by Earth could be hit by one of these smaller asteroids and they could veer straight back to Earth and that could have devastating consequences. tragic fruit. When a 240-foot asteroid approaches our planet today, November 12, according to NASA, this danger exists.
Huge asteroid approaching Earth
The asteroid was recently added to NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Objects (CNEOS) database, which has revealed some important asteroid-related information. The name of the space rock is Asteroid 2020 FC4, and it was first observed in 2020 and that’s what the 4-digit number in its name indicates. The asteroid will come close to Earth 7.6 million km. This asteroid is moving at an amazing speed of 47988 kilometers per hour. This is incredibly fast, and it can fill the gap between us within a few days if it gets derailed for some reason. Given its size and speed, it could do some serious damage to our planet, should it crash into us.
Initial predictions suggest that the likelihood of this asteroid hitting our planet is very low. But NASA will continuously monitor the asteroid and will continue to do so until it passes safely.
How NASA tracks near-Earth objects
Since NASA understands the risk of near-Earth objects (NEOs), it has dedicated itself to tracking and monitoring as many space rocks in the inner solar system as possible. Using the power of the JPL telescope and the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WISE), the US space agency collects data on more than 20,000 asteroids.
