Monday 6 March 2023

Three asteroids crossed the Earth's orbit



Image courtesy of NASA, John Hokkins, APL. 

Joel Kontinen 

Three asteroids, including two potentially hazardous ones, crossed the Earth's orbit last week. 

However, they will pass us at a distance of 3.5 milliion miles or 2.2 million kilometres, so we should not be afraid, that is hazardous for us.  That will be ten times the distance betwen the Earth and the moon.  

Source: 

 Specktor,  Brandon, 2023,  NASA warns of 3 skyscraper-sized asteroids headed toward Earth this week. Thankfully, they'll all miss. Live Science 27 February,