Asteroid bigger than Boeing 747 to collide with Earth’s orbit on Oct 7; can it be seen?

NASA’s Centre for Near-Earth Objects has recently warned that an asteroid bigger than a Boeing 747 jet is set to collide with Earth’s orbit on October 7. US ncy is tracking rock 2020 RK2, which is currently on a trajectory to collide with Earth’s orbit. asteroid has been classed an ‘Apollo asteroid’ and astrologists at NASA had first spotted rock last month. 

asteroid is going to be hurtling through at a speed of 6.68 kilometres per second and is estimated to range from 36 metres to 81 metre in diameter, which is almost a width of 118-256 foot. Based in estimated size, US ncy believes that rock can be bigger than wingspan of a Boeing-747 8 series aeroplane that is almost 68.5 metres wide. 

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Despite coming in close to Earth’s orbit, astromers have, however, said that it is unlikely for m to see it from Earth. asteroid will be hurtling past Earth at about 1:12pm EST or 6:12 British Summertime. Furr, NASA revealed that chances of it causing any real dam is ‘extremely unlikely’ and it is going to cross our planet’s orbit as safely. 

rock will be rushing past Earth at a distance of 38,27,797 kilometres away. Once asteroid safely goes past Each, it is t going to visit orbit before August 2027. NASA had estimated that several dozens of asteroid fly ‘near’ Earth each year. However, most of m are way smaller than 2020 RK2 and y rarely touch Earth’s orbit. A large number of rocks also simply fly past undetected. 

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Asteroid 2020 SW’s close flyby on Sept 24

According to a report on NASA’s JPL website, in past Asteroid, 2020 SW flew by close to Earth on Sept 24. At its closest approach, rock was 0.00019 astromical units away from Earth’s surface. In miles, this is 17661.6 miles. This was one of closest asteroid approaches in recent times. This distance was also well below many of communications satellites orbiting our planet. closest approach occurred over souastern Pacific Ocean.

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