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A 671-meter-long “potentially hazardous” asteroid is approaching Earth

  • December 2, 2023
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The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that asteroid 139622 (2001 QQ142) will pass close to Earth on Wednesday, December 6. This was reported by NASA’s

A 671-meter-long “potentially hazardous” asteroid is approaching Earth

A 671-meter-long “potentially hazardous” asteroid is approaching Earth

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that asteroid 139622 (2001 QQ142) will pass close to Earth on Wednesday, December 6.

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

According to NASA, the length of the celestial body is 671 m.

The distance from it to the Earth will be 5.5 million kilometers. The speed of the asteroid is 23,760 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.”

It is stated that asteroid 139622 (2001 QQ142) falls under two parameters at the same time.

As reported by Ukrinform, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that asteroid 1998 WB2 will pass near the Earth on Sunday, December 3. This asteroid does not fall under the parameters of a “potentially hazardous object.”

Source: Ukrinform

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