Posted on 09/11/2020 10:20:58 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Among recent 'near-Earth objects' it's one of the biggest but won't be as terrifying close as the rock that flew past less than 2,000 miles from us in August
An asteroid the size of a football pitch is to whizz past planet Earth on Monday, September 14.
The giant chunk of rock, named Asteroid 2020 QL2, is up to 120 metres in diameter.
It's among the 'near Earth objects' being documented and observed by astronomers.
NASA's Centre for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) says QL2 will fly past at a speed of nearly 24,000 mph and come within a distance of 6.8 million km or 4.2 million miles.
Space objects that come within 4.6 million miles are labelled "potentially hazardous" by NASA, meaning Asteroid 2020 QL2 falls into this category.
(Excerpt) Read more at birminghammail.co.uk ...
NOT
A PROBLEM
“within a distance of 6.8 million km or 4.2 million miles. “
Wake me up when these risks get below 250,000 miles...
Hm, a football pitch = 120 meters in diameter.
A biiiiig rock.
“Near-miss”
No, it’s a miss, or if you prefer, a “near-hit”.
A near miss wouldn’t miss, it would hit.
(Carlin)
The moon is closer than that. :)
WTF is a football pitch? STOOPID BRITISH IDIOTS. (Sorry didnt mean to repeat myself twice.)
4.2 million miles or 16 X further than the moon.
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