A potentially dangerous asteroid is approaching Earth
- July 1, 2022
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The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that asteroid 2022 JE1 will fly past Earth on Sunday, July 3. As reported by Ukrinform, the Daily Star
The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that asteroid 2022 JE1 will fly past Earth on Sunday, July 3.
As reported by Ukrinform, the Daily Star reports this.
According to NASA, the diameter of the space rock is between 50 and 155 meters.
NASA has described asteroid 2022 JE1 as “potentially dangerous” and will make its closest approach to Earth this Sunday at a distance of 3.29 million km, almost 9 times the distance between Earth and the Moon.
Its next anticipated approach to Earth will occur in five years on July 14, 2027.
NASA has designated the 2022 JE1 as “potentially dangerous” because it will come closer than 7.48 million km from Earth, he said.
As reported by Ukrinform, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that the asteroid 2021 GT2 passed by Earth on June 6.
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Source: Ukrinform
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