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Two skyscraper-sized asteroids to fly past Earth on December 3 and 4
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.[Regnum] Two skyscraper-sized asteroids will fly past Earth on December 3 and 4, and NASA is monitoring their approach, Newsweek reports. Asteroids 447 755 (2007 JX2) and (2020 XR) formed in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Although they are classified as potentially hazardous by NASA, they pose no threat to the planet. According to experts, the size of the first asteroid is 402.3 meters, the second - 387.7 meters. The celestial bodies are comparable in size to the Empire State Building in New York, the height of which, without taking into account the spire, is 381 meters. The object 2007 JX2 will approach the Earth at a distance of 5.5 million kilometers, and 2020 XR at a distance of 2.2 million kilometers, the material says. As reported by IA Regnum, asteroid 2024 PT5, nicknamed the second Moon, will continue to approach the Earth until January. It follows the planet for several months. At the beginning of 2025, the distance to it will decrease to 1.8 million kilometers, after which the celestial body, under the influence of the Sun's gravity, will begin to move deeper into the Solar System. The asteroid will approach the Earth again in 2055. Posted by: badanov 2024-12-04 |
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