200-foot asteroid and a 52-foot asteroid set to come very close to Earth: NASA
Photo Credit: Pixabay Gigantic 200-foot and 52-foot asteroids are all set for a very close encounter with Earth, revealed NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Photo Credit: Pixabay A 46-foot asteroid, about the size of a house, will be nearing planet Earth today on May 16.
Photo Credit: Pixabay Named as Asteroid 2023 JO1, it will make its closest approach at just 1.86 million miles.
Photo Credit: Pixabay Asteroid 2023 JO1 is speeding at 29779 kmph, revealed NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office.
Photo Credit: Pixabay The 200-foot Asteroid 2023 JD2, will make its closest approach to Earth on May 16 too. It will come as close as just 3.5 million miles.
Photo Credit: Pixabay This 39-foot asteroid has been named Asteroid 2023 JS1.
This asteroid will make its closest Earth approach at a distance of 1.35 million miles tomorrow, May 17.
Photo Credit: Pixabay Asteroid 2023 JS1 is travelling at a speed of 28675 kilometers per hour.
This 52-foot asteroid will approach Earth on May 17 too, NASA's CNEOS data showed.
Photo Credit: NASA Asteroid 2023 JT2 will come uncomfortably close at almost 2.63 kilometers
Photo Credit: Pixabay Asteroid 2023 JT2 is speeding towards Earth at 16241 kmph.
Photo Credit: Pixabay This 23-foot asteroid, named Asteroid 2023 HG11, will make its closest approach to Earth on May 20.
Asteroid 2023 HG11 will come as close as 2.82 million miles.
Photo Credit: Pixabay NASA has deployed cutting edge technology on Earth as well as in space to keep a constant eye on these asteroids in order to quickly find out which one is coming too close to Earth.
Photo Credit: Pixabay This will enable NASA and other space agencies to get an early warning if an asteroid is about to crash on Earth.
Photo Credit: Pixabay NASA uses various optical and radio telescopes as well as ground-based telescopes such as NASA's NEOWISE to track these asteroids.
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