Asteroid 2022 VL1 is heading towards Earth at an amazing speed of 31306 kmph. Should you be worried? Know what NASA says.
Planetary killer asteroids are of interest around the solar system, in the vicinity of Earth, almost daily. To identify the potential danger from these space roamers, scientists are constantly hunting for giants that may pose a threat to Earth. NASA has built a huge database of asteroids called near-Earth objects (NEOs). The idea is to find asteroids that might be headed straight for a collision course with Earth. And the effort is to continuously monitor all of these asteroids to quickly find out if any of them have deviated slightly from their orbit and are now making their way to Earth. dangerous or not. NASA hopes to issue an early warning for any such asteroids. And now, NASA has warned of a potentially dangerous asteroid today.
These asteroids don’t even have to be big to hit Earth! Small asteroids can also pose a potential danger, like this upcoming asteroid 2022 VL1. NASA’s prediction says it will come extremely close to Earth. Should you be worried? Know all the details here.
Asteroid 2022 VL1 rushes towards Earth
NASA’s JPL continues to share information about all upcoming potentially hazardous asteroids that pose a threat to Earth. Asteroid 2022 VL1 which is only 48 feet or 15 meters in size is marked as a potentially hazardous asteroid and the reason is that it is close. NASA’s JPL Asteroid Tracking says it will enter the vicinity of Earth’s solar system and it will come ominously close. This asteroid today will come almost only 282,000 miles (0.282 million miles).
NASA’s Asteroid Tracking Dashboard says asteroids that approach Earth within 4.6 million miles or 7.5 million kilometers and are larger than about 150 meters are called likely asteroids. potentially dangerous. Therefore, Asteroid 2022 VL1 is a potential threat. It is also traveling at an amazing speed of 31306 km/h, almost double the speed of the Hypersonic Missile of 14760 km/h.
