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A potentially dangerous asteroid 271 meters long is flying towards Earth

  • January 31, 2024
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The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that asteroid 2008 OS7 will pass close to Earth on Friday, February 2. This was reported by NASA’s Jet

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that asteroid 2008 OS7 will pass close to Earth on Friday, February 2.

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

According to NASA, the length of the celestial body is 271 m.

The distance from it to the Earth will be 2.85 million kilometers. The speed of the asteroid is 65,412 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 the 2008 OS7 asteroid falls within the scope of two parameters at the same time.

As reported by Ukrinform, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) reported that asteroid 2002 AY1 passed near Earth on Monday, January 8.

Source: Ukrinform

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