A large asteroid will pass Earth at more than 11 times the moon’s distance on November 29, 2020, and will approach more closely in later flybys. Charts here for telescope users.
Asteroid 2000 WO17 on November 14, 2020, headed for closest approach to Earth on November 29. Image via JPL Small Body Database .
A large asteroid – labeled (153201) 2000 WO107 – will sweep past Earth in late November, providing astronomers with a good opportunity to study it. Closest approach to Earth will happen on November 29, 2020 at 05:08 UTC; translate UTC to your time . The asteroid is an estimated 1,640 feet (500 meters, which is half a kilometer or 1/3 mile). It will pass at 11.19 times the Earth-moon distance, a very safe distance.
Not to change the topic here:
Asteroid as big as Boeing 747 to zoom past the Earth today | Technology News,The Indian Express
The US-based space agency first discovered the asteroid in the month of September and has found its size to be from 118 feet to 265 feet wide. The heavenly body is slated to rush past the Earth at quite a slower pace of 6.68 km per second. In addition, astronomers have also predicted that 2020 RK2 is highly unlikely to be visible to astronomy enthusiasts and sky-observers due to its slow speed.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has reportedly said that the Asteroid will be coming from Andromeda constellation which is 10.3 billion light years away. Along with that, the asteroid is classified into category of Apollo asteroid.
The Chicxulub Crater: Of Asteroids and Armageddon – Now. Powered by Northrop Grumman
After nearly 165 million years of evolution and expansion across Earth’s surface, the Chicxulub impactor swung into our solar system. This 6-mile-wide asteroid slammed into what’s now the northern coast of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, causing the Chicxulub crater and creating an inhospitable environment for the planet’s previous inhabitants.
But is that the whole story? While some scientists see Chicxulub as the “smoking gun” of dino destruction, others are less convinced about the notion of asteroid Armageddon.
Cooperation Key to Spotting an Asteroid Headed for Earth | Digital Trends
If you’ve noticed an uptick in reports of asteroids whizzing close to Earth in the last few years, it might seem as if our planet is more in danger of being struck by a space rock than ever before. But there hasn’t really been an increase in the number of asteroids threatening Earth — it’s that our ability to detect those asteroids has dramatically improved.
Thanks to improvements in technology like increases in computing power and more powerful telescopes, astronomers can now scan the sky in more detail than ever before, and they’re discovering more objects orbiting the sun and coming close to Earth. But this work can’t be done by just one country or one agency. To protect the planet, we need a global network of telescopes and researchers working together.
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Asteroid tracker: Space rock as big as THREE busses set to swing by Earth | Science | News |
A space rock called 2020 SX3 will pass Earth at a safe distance next week, but it will swing by our planet's orbit. Observations show the asteroid will be at its closest to our planet on Thursday, October 8. The asteroid is roughly 50 metres in length, making it almost three times as long as a double decker bus.
NASA analysis has revealed the space rock is travelling at a staggering 10.9 kilometres per second.
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In fact, by the time you finish reading this sentence, the asteroid would have travelled a staggering 76 kilometres.
Space news: Asteroid 2020 RO1 will skim past Earth | 7NEWS.com.au
While all of this week's asteroids have been a fair distance from Earth, approximately every 2,000 years, an asteroid the size of a cricket pitch smashes into our planet.
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It is between 38 and 86 metres across, according to NASA - that's about the size of three double-decker buses.
It's travelling at a mind-blowing 10.88 kilometers per second which is around 40,000 kilometres per hour.
NASA says although the asteroid will flew by at a distance of 1.7 million kilometres, it was close enough to be considered a near-Earth object (NEO).
Space news: An asteroid the size of London Bridge set to enter Earth's orbit on Thursday - CBBC
An asteroid estimated to be bigger than London Bridge is set to enter Earth's orbit on Thursday 17 September.
The asteroid, known officially as Asteroid 2014 QJ33 will fly-by Earth on September 17 travelling at a speed of 19,371 miles per hour. That's 8.66 kilometres a second!
Nasa is tracking the asteroid which is predicted to be 48m to 110m, or 157 to 360 feet, wide - which could mean it is bigger than London Bridge!
But there is nothing to worry about - it will pass by our planet at a safe distance - precisely 1,592,819 miles away from Earth.
An asteroid is coming Nov. 2. In 2020, we shouldn't be surprised | Sam Venable
So put the coronavirus, massive unemployment, wildfires, hurricanes, climate change, racial strife and a bitterly divisive political environment on the back burner. None of them could matter by Election Day on Nov. 3.
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NASA says there's nothing to worry about, of course. As the agency's Asteroid Watch program pronounced in August, "Asteroid 2018VP1 is very small, approximately 6½ feet, and poses no threat to Earth. It currently has a 0.41 percent chance of entering our planet's atmosphere, but if it did it would disintegrate."
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