Asteroid threat looms! NASA reveals giant 570-foot asteroid charging towards Earth | Tech News
The asteroid, named Asteroid 2023 DQ, is already on its way towards Earth travelling at a staggering speed of 82234 kilometers per hour and is expected to make its closest approach to the planet today, March 8.
According to NASA, Asteroid 2023 DQ belongs to the Apollo group of asteroids which are a group of near-Earth asteroids named after the humongous 1862 Apollo asteroid, discovered by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth in the 1930s.
After Delayed Asteroid Mission, NASA's JPL Is Making Changes
According to the review board, there weren't enough staff members present to help get Psyche into space on time, in addition to communication issues caused by staff members working remotely following the covid-19 pandemic.
It's now been several months since the report came out, with JPL now claiming that it's making progress with the identified institutional issues. Aside from making people resume on-site work, JPL's Leshin also said there were changes in management.
New asteroid has 'very small chance' of hitting Earth in 2046 - BNO News
An asteroid which was discovered late last month has a “very small chance” of impacting Earth on Valentine’s Day in 2046, NASA said on Tuesday, as astronomers worked to gather more data.
2023 DW was first discovered in Chile at the end of February and – after about a week’s worth of observations – has a 1 in 560 chance of hitting Earth at 21:44 UTC on February 14, 2046, according to NASA.
ICYMI: Watch An Asteroid Crash Into NASA's Outer Space Defense System
In September 2022, NASA sent a spacecraft into space with a mission to collide with an asteroid. The NASA spacecraft called DART was sent to hit a small moon, Dimorphos, and its asteroid, Didymos, in a test to see if the technology works — in case we need to use it to protect Earth someday.
An asteroid the size of 112 Dromedary camels is set to pass by Earth on Wednesday, the Jewish holiday of Shushan Pu… https://t.co/GFA55KZ3ck Jerusalem_Post (from Israel) Tue Mar 07 20:44:39 +0000 2023
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