The “Science Alert” website reports that a large rocky asteroid will fly near Earth next week, and indicates that the asteroid has been classified as “potentially dangerous.”
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A giant asteroid will pass close to Earth… Will we be affected?
Science Alert reported. (Science Alert) That a large rocky asteroid will fly near Earth next week.
The website, which publishes scientific, health and environmental news, stated that the asteroid is one kilometer long, and has been classified as a “potentially dangerous asteroid” due to its size and its visits close to our planet.
The visit to this asteroid comes in conjunction with watching the world لفيلم “Don’t look Up” Presented on the “Netflix” platform, which narrates the collision of a giant meteor with the Earth and its annihilation, which raises tension about the passage of an asteroid so close to Earth.
But the site stressed that “there is no need to worry”, as the asteroid will fly near the Earth “safely”, as it will be at a distance of 1.93 million kilometers from Earth, nearly 5 times the distance between the Moon and the Earth.
He pointed out that the margin of error in the calculations is 133 kilometers, so there is no risk that we will hit this asteroid any time soon.
A visit to the nearby asteroid will allow astronomers to study more about the rocky “S” type asteroid, which belongs to the Apollo asteroid group, the most common group of asteroids, all of which have an orbital length similar to Earth.
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