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Earth is being hit this weekend by two asteroids the size of skyscrapers

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Earth is being hit this weekend by two asteroids the size of skyscrapers


By TechThop Team

Posted on: 29 Jul, 2022

A pair of skyscraper-sized asteroids are heading toward Earth this weekend, with one coming closest on Friday, July 29, and the other passing by on Saturday, July 30.

2016 CZ31, the first asteroid of the year, will pass by around 7 p.m. ET on Friday, moving at an estimated speed of 34,560 mph 55,618 km/h, NASA reports.

The asteroid is estimated to measure about 400 feet across at its widest point, which is about as wide as a 40-story building.

Our planet will be spared by the asteroid, which will pass about 1,740,000 miles from us - more than seven times its average distance from the moon. In January 2028, this space rock will make its next close approach to Earth, according to NASA.

A second, larger asteroid will pass our planet on Saturday, although it will be further away. This asteroid, named 2013 CU83, measures approximately 600 feet across at its widest point and will pass by Earth at a distance of about 4,320,000 miles, or 18 times the average distance between Earth and the moon.

There is a considerable distance between these two close encounters and the asteroid 2022 NF, which came within 56,000 miles on July 7 - or about 23% of the average distance between Earth and the moon.

Near-Earth objects like these are closely monitored by NASA and other space agencies.

Asteroids are millions of miles from our planet, but there is a very slim chance that their orbits might shift slightly when they interact with the gravity of larger objects, such as planets. If such a shift occurs, an asteroid could collide with Earth in the future.

As a result, space agencies take planetary defense very seriously. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test was launched in November 2021, which will slam directly into the 525-foot-wide asteroid Dimorphos in autumn 2022.

Asteroid collisions don't destroy space rocks, but their orbital paths may be altered slightly, Live Science previously reported. It will help test the viability of asteroid deflection, in case an asteroid threatens our planet in the future.

Source: livescience

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