The asteroid, known as 2021 KT1, is about 600 feet, the size of the New York Olympic Tower or the Seattle Space Needle.
Four smaller asteroids as big as an airplane or house are expected to pass the Earth from Monday to Wednesday; none of them is potentially hazardous.
NASA is studying ways to deflect hits from asteroids in case one does pose a huge threat. One of these techniques, called the gravity tractor, would involve a spacecraft using mutual gravity attraction from a satellite to change the path of the asteroid. This method is still in the works.
NASA says 'potentially hazardous' asteroid flew by Earth - Deseret News
In case you didn't realize this, a massive asteroid — deemed as a "potentially hazardous object" — flew by Earth on Tuesday, according to USA Today.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory showed the asteroid — named 2021 KT1 — flew about 4.5 million miles outside of Earth, which is considered a relatively close encounter with our planet.
The NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory said the asteroid was considered a "potentially hazardous object" because it was bigger than 492 feet and came within 4.6 million miles of the planet.
Asteroid as big as the Eiffel Tower to pass near the earth on June 1 - The Week
NASA has warned that the earth will have relatively close encounters with asteroids in the coming days. The first of these rogue rocks will zip past the earth on June 1.
The asteroid zipping around the earth on June 1, named 2021 KT1, would be 4.5 million miles away from the earth. While that may seem far, NASA considers any asteroid within 4.6 million miles of earth and larger than 150 metres to be potentially hazardous. NASA hasn't said that it would hit the earth directly.
How Wilkes-Barre's Hobbled Main Street Survived the Pandemic 'Asteroid' - The New York Times
Small cities and towns have spent decades trying to revive their faded Main Streets. The pandemic threatened to undo those renewal efforts, and no more so than in Wilkes-Barre, a city of 41,400 people in northeastern Pennsylvania.
We spent the last four months photographing four blocks along the south end of Main Street to capture the pandemic's impact on downtown Wilkes-Barre.
When office workers and college students cleared out, and the economy ground to a halt, small businesses in downtown Wilkes-Barre expected the worst.
OSIRIS-REx will potentially bring information about our solar system | Arizona PBS
OSIRIS-REx is a spacecraft that traveled five years to reach an asteroid named Bennu. OSIRIS-REx is now on its way back to Earth with asteroid samples of dust and rocks. The University of Arizona's Dante Lauretta is a key member of the group leading the mission.
Lauretta, and other members of NASA, hope it will bring new information on the creation of our solar system.
The team has to be careful as the materials come back to earth, “…we have to time the release of that capsule very precisely. If it comes in too shallow, it’ll skip off the top of the atmosphere, kind of like skipping rocks. If it comes in too steep, the amount of heating will be enormous and the capsule will just be disintegrated upon entry,” Lauretta said.
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'Potentially hazardous' asteroid expected to safely pass by Earth Tuesday - UPI.com
June 1 (UPI) -- A large asteroid is expected to pass within 4.5 million miles of the Earth on Tuesday -- a measure that's nearer than 20 times the distance between here and the moon.
The asteroid, called 2021 KT1 , measures about 600 feet, which is about the size of the Seattle Space Needle, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory . Advertisement
The asteroid is classified by NASA as a "potentially hazardous object" because it's larger than 492 feet and is expected to pass within 4.6 million miles of Earth.
What is my Juno Sign?
The beginning of the month of June has prompted many to find their Juno signs with an online calculator to determine the characteristics of their soulmate.
While an individual's, Venus sign reveals the way they give and receive love, while their Mars sign expresses their more primal sexual attractions. However, many people miss out on the Juno sign.
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