Nasa Reveal The Photo Of A Huge Asteroid Set To Pass Earth Today Passing earth on june 27 at a distance of 4.1 million miles (6.6 million kilometers), or about 17 times the distance between the moon and earth, the asteroid 2011 ul21 was discovered in 2011 by the nasa funded catalina sky survey, in tucson, arizona. but this is the first time it has come close enough to earth to be imaged by radar. A gargantuan space rock. a visualization of asteroid (415029) 2011 ul21 passing by earth on thursday, june 27 esa. at approximately 4:14 p.m. eastern time on thursday afternoon, the bigger of the.
Nasa Tracking Massive Asteroid Set To Pass Earth Thursday These objects are defined as asteroids that are more than about 460 feet (140 meters) in size with orbits that bring them as close as within 4.6 million miles (7.5 million kilometers) of earth’s orbit around the sun. cneos continuously monitors all known near earth objects to assess any impact risk they may pose. The dashboard displays the next five earth approaches to within 4.6 million miles (7.5 million kilometers or 19.5 times the distance to the moon); an object larger than about 150 meters that can approach the earth to within this distance is termed a potentially hazardous object. the average distance between earth and the moon is about 239,000. Asteroid (415029) 2011 ul21 will fly past earth on june 27. at 7,600 feet across, it is larger than 99 percent of all known near earth objects, but it poses no risk to the planet and will pass by. A gigantic asteroid the size of around 770 lions is set to pass the earth on thursday. it is one of the largest of all near earth asteroids, according to nasa 's asteroid tracker. the asteroid in.
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