An asteroid the size of an asteroid to enlarge the Earth

The “potentially dangerous” asteroid, which is twice as high as the Empire State Building, will meet near Earth next January — after which it will not make its next visit for the next 200 years.

(7482) 1994 Our planet is expected to explode the space rock, known as PC1, on January 18 at a distance of 0.013 AU “close proximity”. Newsweek reported, Quoted from NASA’s Near-Earth Object Exploration Center.

But that translates to a much more comfortable distance of 1.2 million miles, which Mag says is five times farther from the moon.

The asteroid is 3,280 feet in diameter, and doesn’t slouch — about two and a half times the height of the famous Big Apple skyscraper.

One asteroid hits Earth every 600,000 years. According to EarthSky.

It will swell at about 44,000 miles per hour before moving to another solar orbit, the space agency said, and won’t return until 2105.

The large body was discovered on August 9, 1994 – hence the name – by Robert McNutt, Earthsky at Siding Spring Laboratory in Australia.

Astronomers discovered the asteroid in pre-September 1974 images.

Amateur astronomers will be able to see 1994 PC1 on January 18 at 4:50 PM EDT (7482). In the evening it appears as a point of light running in front of the background stars.

The rock will shine at 10 degrees – a decent target for visitors with a 6-inch or larger telescope.

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