The 2023 DZ2 will approach Earth at 17,426 mph (28,044 km/h) on Saturday, March 25 at 21:50 Kiev time. NASA claims that an object of this size passes this close to Earth “only once every ten years”.
A gigantic asteroid nearly the size of London’s iconic clock tower Big Ben and the Statue of Liberty in New York will come in twice as close to Earth on Saturday as the Moon orbiting at an average distance of 107,500 miles (173,000 km). 855 miles (384,400 km). Reported by the Daily Mail.
The space rock, designated “2023 DZ2,” is estimated to be 305 feet (93 m) in diameter, while Big Ben is estimated to be 315 feet (96 m) in diameter. After the collision, the shock wave was three times the size of the Chelyabinsk asteroid, which circled the earth twice.
The 2023 DZ2 will approach Earth at 17,426 mph (28,044 km/h) on Saturday, March 25 at 21:50 Kiev time. NASA claims that an object of this size passes this close to Earth “only once every ten years”.
“Astronomers from the International Asteroid Warning Network are using this close approach to learn as much as possible about 2023 DZ2 in a short period of time. If a potential asteroid threat is discovered, it’s good practice for #PlanetaryDefense in the future.” said the group.US space agency asteroid observations.
The asteroid was discovered on February 27 this year by scientists working within the framework of the European project to search for near-Earth asteroids. They observed this with the Isaac Newton telescope at the Roque de los Muchachos observatory in La Palma in the Canary Islands.
On NASA’s risk list, the 2023 DZ2 had a one in 430 chance of hitting Earth on March 27, 2026, but that chance has since been reduced to zero.
Previously Focus He wrote that the probability of Earth colliding with an apocalyptic asteroid tripled. NASA warns that an asteroid of this size could “blow up part of Earth’s atmosphere” and inevitably lead to a mass extinction.
It has also been reported that an asteroid is flying towards Earth and it will come really close. It’s about the same size as the one that exploded over Russian Chelyabinsk in 2013. Then it was an unexpected event that could theoretically happen again soon.
Source: Focus
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