NASA alert. 5 massive asteroids fly towards Earth: you can watch them online

At the same time next week, 5 asteroids of different sizes, including very large stones, will approach our planet. Any such asteroid could be considered potentially dangerous to Earth if for some reason the trajectory of their flight changes. You can track the movement of these space rocks online using NASA’s interactive space map, Asteroids at a Glance.

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As I wrote a few days ago FocusThe European Space Agency (ESA) announced that a 50-meter asteroid could fall to Earth in 2046. Although the chance of such a collision is small, nevertheless, as they say, forewarned.

Scientists from NASA and ESA are constantly watching for asteroids approaching from less than 7 million km from Earth because they can pose a danger to Earth because any change in their orbits could cause a collision with the planet. And the more asteroids there are, the more destruction they can cause, to the point where humanity is on the brink of survival.

This week, NASA reported that 5 space rocks will approach our planet at close range, according to space standards, in the coming days. You can follow its movements using an interactive space map from NASA by clicking this link.

Which asteroids are heading towards Earth?

• According to scientists, on Monday, March 13, the 29.5-metre-wide asteroid 2020 FV4 will pass near our planet. It will be located 6.7 million km from the planet. Don’t worry because the Moon, for example, is about 400,000 km away from us.
• An intense week of asteroid flybys concludes with a space rock called 2023 CM, which should also pass near Earth, but on Tuesday, March 14. This asteroid, about 190 meters wide, will come much closer to our planet than its “colleague” the day before. According to scientists, it will be located at a distance of about 4 million km from Earth.
• The next asteroid to approach our planet will be 2023 DM, which is almost 65 meters wide. On Wednesday, March 15, it will pass the planet at a distance of 3.2 million km in space.
• Friday, March 17, will be marked by the near-Earth arrival of an almost 143-metre-wide asteroid designated 2018 UQ1. It will be located 4.1 million km from Earth.
• This extraordinary week will conclude on Sunday, March 19, with a close flyby of the smallest of the asteroid five. It is called 2016 WH and is just over 14 meters wide. But this space rock will fly from the side of the planet at the farthest distance – 6.9 million km.

What else can you see on the interactive NASA map?

In addition to potentially dangerous asteroids approaching Earth, NASA’s interactive instrument can be used to observe the movement of some known asteroids and some spacecraft moving through space.

For example, here you can see the location of the asteroid Bennu, which has a chance of falling to Earth in the next 300 years. Although this chance is 1 to 1750. In the meantime, rock samples from this rock already taken by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft this year will be delivered to Earth. Focus He has already written that scientists have found that Bennu has a less durable surface than previously thought.

You can also observe the Ryugu asteroid here, which are rock samples that scientists have been working on for 2 years. As already written Focusone of these studies confirmed the theory that life on Earth originated, among other things, from asteroids.

And with the help of an interactive map, you can observe a pair of asteroids Didym and Dimorph. Last year, the DART probe crashed into the last, which caused a change in the orbit of the space rock. As already written FocusThe Hubble Space Telescope has detailed the results of this collision.

Moreover Focus He wrote that scientists say which asteroid in the solar system should be considered the largest and which should be considered the smallest.