While 2020 continues to be a difficult year, there is a little good news to look forward to tonight (June 5): a near-Earth asteroid will whiz safely by our planet, and astronomers may be able to see the monster rock's flight through telescopes.
The asteroid , known as 2002 NN4, is approaching Earth – but fortunately, not too closely. The space rock will fly by at the equivalent of 13.25 times the distance between Earth and the moon , which is roughly 3.2 million miles (5.2 million kilometers) from our planet. The asteroid's closest approach to us will be at 11:20 p.m. EDT (0320 GMT June 6).
Not to change the topic here:
Early Asteroid Impact Detection: Defending the Planet One Asteroid at a Time | SETI Institute
In honor of Asteroid Day, we are pleased to present a special virtual talk on asteroids, and more specifically, on Planetary Defense on June 17 at 7 pm PDT.
Could an asteroid strike our planet in the future? Astronomers think so since thousands of near-earth asteroids (NEAs) cross our planet's path. However, the good news is that an asteroid impact is a preventable large-scale disaster. NASA has recently opened a Planetary Defense Coordination Office to manage its ongoing mission of so-called "Planetary Defense.
Scientists say asteroids Bennu and Ryugu may have formed from a direct from collision in space-
A team of scientists led by the University of Arizona has discovered that the shape and hydration levels of asteroids named Bennu and Ryugu provide clues regarding their origins and shape.
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Ryugu, on the other hand, is said to be the target of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Hayabusa2 asteroid sample return mission.
Both Bennu and Ryugu are made of fragments of larger bodies that shattered upon colliding with other objects.
Stadium-sized asteroid to make ‘relatively close’ approach toward Earth at 3 million
ST. LOUIS ( KTVI ) — NASA is keeping tabs on a massive asteroid that's coming closer to Earth each day.
The space agency’s website has an asteroid watch section showing the next five approaches, which are expected in the next few days.
The largest is estimated to be 1,100 feet wide, approximately the size of a football stadium. Named 2002 NN4, it is expected to come the closest to Earth on June 6. Its closest approach will be 3,160,000 miles away.
Many things are taking place:
2 different asteroids visited by spacecraft may have once been part of 1 larger asteroid - CNN
(CNN) Ryugu and Bennu are two different near-Earth asteroids, but new research has suggested that they were likely once part of the same larger asteroid, called a "parent body."
WATCH: Giant Asteroid 2002 NN4 Will Pass By Earth Today, Estimated to Be 1,870 Feet in Diameter
ABOVE VIDEO: Asteroid 2002 NN4 will pass by the Earth on June 6 at a distance of approximately 3.2 million miles, about 13 times further away from the Earth than the Moon.
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Asteroid 2002 NN4 is more remarkable for its size, with an estimated diameter of 820 to 1,870 feet.
That’s more than 12 times larger than the object that entered the atmosphere over Chelyabinsk, Russia in 2013 and which had a diameter of about 66 feet.
Asteroid That Led to Dinosaur Extinction Hit at 'Deadliest Possible' Angle, Researchers
Researchers said the asteroid "unleashed an incredible amount of climate-changing gases into the atmosphere" which led to the dinosaurs' extinction
New research has been found suggesting that the asteroid which led to the extinction of dinosaurs 66 million years ago hit Earth at the "deadliest possible" angle.
The conclusions were made by Professor Gareth Collins, who works at Imperial College London in their Department of Earth Science and Engineering, and his team of researchers in a study published on May 26 in the scientific journal, Nature Communications.
Image: Arm out to asteroid
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Stadium-size asteroid will safely fly by Earth tonight https://t.co/CwJuWrwLG7 https://t.co/qLc39pOffg SPACEdotcom (from NYC) Fri Jun 05 23:12:02 +0000 2020
I love that so much. $GAL token holders have a chance to get their real-life size cardboard picture in the stadium… https://t.co/sOTb777qNA alex_dreyfus (from Malta) Fri Jun 05 15:36:53 +0000 2020
Stadium-size #asteroid 2002 NN4 will fly safely by Earth - Orbit animation Video: https://t.co/MZpC9BEH5x https://t.co/eooGvJL0fP SPACEdotcom (from NYC) Fri Jun 05 18:42:09 +0000 2020
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