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A 189-meter-long “potentially hazardous” asteroid is approaching Earth

  • October 28, 2023
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The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that asteroid 525229 (2004 UU1) will pass close to Earth on Monday, October 30. This was reported by NASA’s

A 189-meter-long “potentially hazardous” asteroid is approaching Earth

A 189-meter-long “potentially hazardous” asteroid is approaching Earth

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that asteroid 525229 (2004 UU1) will pass close to Earth on Monday, October 30.

This was reported by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Ukrinform reports.

According to NASA, the length of the celestial body is 189 m.

The distance from it to the Earth will be 4.08 million kilometers. The speed of the asteroid is 62,748 km/h.

If an asteroid approaches Earth at a distance of less than 7.4 million km and its size exceeds 150 m, NASA considers it a “potentially hazardous object.”

In this case, the asteroid falls below two parameters at the same time.

As reported by Ukrinform, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) reported that asteroid 349507 (2008 QY) passed near Earth on Tuesday, October 3.

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Source: Ukrinform

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