NASA says 2 massive asteroids to pass Earth at a very close distance on July 2: Check sizes, speed and more
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Two asteroids are expected to make a close encounter with Earth today, according to NASA. Know more about the massive space rocks.
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According to NASA’s JPL report, two asteroids are projected to pass Earth today, July 2, at a very close distance.
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NASA has designated the space rocks as asteroid 2024 LH and asteroid 2022 BY39. Both asteroids are currently moving at a staggering speed to pass Earth.
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Based on the JPL reports, the asteroid 2024 LH is 100 feet wide, whereas the asteroid BY39 is 11 feet wide.
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CNEOS report highlighted that currently, the asteroid 2024 LH is moving at a speed of 15595 kilometres per hour and asteroid BY39 is moving at 10704 kilometres per hour.
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The asteroid 2024 LH will fly by Earth at a distance of 1,680,000 kilometres. On the other hand, the asteroid BY39 will come 5,070,000 kilometres close to the Earth.
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Both the asteroids belong to different groups of Near-Earth Objects, the asteroid 2024 LH belongs to the Apollo group of NEOs and the asteroid BY39 belongs to the Aten group of NEOs.
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NASA also reported that both the space rocks do not pose any threat to our planet and they will fly close to our Planet.
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NASA has aligned several observatories to keep an eye on space rocks projecting towards Earth and also detect harmful NEOs that could be dangerous to our planet.