A giant plane-sized asteroid 95 feet high has passed by Earth at breakneck speed, NASA announced. Know if it impacts the planet.
Several asteroids of different sizes can be found in space moving in their orbits. However, there are instances when these asteroids start heading towards planet Earth and that happens at breakneck speed as well. If a large asteroid collides with or hits this planet, it could seriously impact humanity and the planet, even causing mass extinction. NASA announced that such a massive 95-foot-long airplane-sized asteroid passed by Earth on Saturday, November 10. The asteroid is moving at a terrifying speed of 10. 22176 kmph (6.16 km/s) and come closest to Earth 7350000 km .
No, this asteroid does not cause any harm even though it has been labeled as potentially hazardous due to its close approach to Earth. However, that’s not always the case. An asteroid called Chicxulub is considered to be the cause of the end of the age of dinosaurs on Earth. Therefore, to avoid such a dangerous large collision, NASA has deployed various technologies for pre-terror detection. NASA monitors the orbits of these asteroids to see if they pose any danger to Earth.
Talking about how dangerous asteroids are to planet Earth, NASA announced that the majority of Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) that enter Earth’s atmosphere will decay before reaching the surface. (and more than 100 tons of dust particles fall to Earth every day).
A Potentially Hazardous Object (PHO) is a near-Earth object whose orbit brings it within 4.7 million miles (7.5 million km) of Earth’s orbit and is large in size. more than 500 feet (140 meters). In addition, to date, there are no known asteroids that pose a significant risk of impacting Earth over the next 100 years. The highest collision risk for a known asteroid is a 1/714 chance of colliding with an asteroid designated 2009 FD in the year 2185.
“An asteroid that NASA is studying close-up, named Bennu, has a 1/2700 chance of hitting Earth between the years 2175 and 2195. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft,” NASA said. will complete a two-year investigation of Bennu before taking a sample of the asteroid material off its surface and returning it to Earth.”
