approaching the earth asteroid Its length is twice the length of the Burj Khalifa, and this asteroid is considered the largest asteroid that approached the planet in 2022, according to data from the Center for Near Object Studies. Earth According to NASA, asteroid 1989 JA is estimated to be 1.7 kilometers long.
According to the “RT” website, an asteroid of this size can cause widespread destruction upon its collision with the Earth, but the probability of it colliding with the Earth is very weak, because on Friday it will approach our planet at a distance of four million kilometers, and this is equivalent to ten times the distance between the Earth and the Moon.
The asteroid’s flight speed is about 48,000 kilometers per hour, says Frank Marches, chief planetary scientist at the SETI Institute. This speed is 17 times higher than the speed of a bullet in the air. That is, it can orbit the Earth in 45 minutes.
The astronomer Eleanor Helen of Palomar Observatory in Southern California had discovered this asteroid in 1989. Therefore, scientists know it well, and its orbit has been accurately determined by specialists, and in light of this it can “pose a danger to Earth” because it is among the asteroids of the Apollo group, which can Its orbits intersect with the Earth’s orbit.
Those wishing to watch the asteroid flyby can follow the live broadcast today, Friday, April 27, 2022, on the Virtual Telescope Project website.