‘Near-Earth’ asteroid twice as big as Empire State Building to pass by Tuesday; how to track, view it

KTLA ^ | Jan 17, 2022 / | Tracy Bloom

[BenLurkin]

The asteroid, known as 7482 (1994 PC1), is set to fly by the planet at 1:51 p.m. PT, traveling at a speed of about 43,754 mph, according to NASA.

“Near-Earth #asteroid 1994 PC1 (~1 km wide) is very well known and has been studied for decades by our #PlanetaryDefense experts,”

With a diameter of approximately 3,451 feet, the asteroid is more than twice the size of the Empire State Building.

And while there’s no threat that the asteroid will hit our planet, NASA still considers it a “potentially hazardous object” due to a combination of size and distance from Earth.

NASA’s “eyes on asteroid” website is currently tracking the large object, so you’ll be to check out when it approaches and passes by Earth on Tuesday

For those looking to actually view the asteroid, it’s not quite big enough to see with the naked eye — but you will probably be able to observe it with a small telescope, EarthSky reports.

[BenLurkin]

https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/asteroids/#/asteroids

https://earthsky.org/space/asteroid-1994-pc1-closest-jan-18-2022/

[Yo-Yo]

[BenLurkin]

[Magnum44]

[Diana in Wisconsin]

What are our Venusian counterparts saying? ;)

[sheik yerbouty]

“Asteroid Headed towards The Earth, Minorities to be Hit The Hardest!”

[ArtDodger]

We couldn’t understand why the asteroid looked like it was getting bigger and bigger. Then, it hit us!

[Deo volente]

A million or so miles away, and it won’t return for a couple centuries.

So don’t miss your chance to see it! Your life will be much poorer if you don’t!

/sarc

[Seruzawa]

[BenLurkin]

It’ll be back in April 2029

[Diana in Wisconsin]

LOL!

[Deo volente]

I misspoke. It won’t pose a danger to Earth for a couple centuries.

I wish FR would have an edit function so I could delete stupid things I say.

[Vaduz]

Will it’s next orbit hit?.

[sevinufnine]

That’s only because we don’t have dooms-day equality! LOL.

[rlmorel]

hahahahahaha

[TexasGator]

Out-dated article.

[sevinufnine]

Fabulous movie! Also, the idiotic president was spot on for our current administration.

[sevinufnine]

“I wish FR would have an edit function so I could delete stupid things I say.”

I wish my life in general had that function....

[larrytown]

Indeed!

Until it’s pulling a thousand-mile-long trail through the atmosphere and making the night into day - don’t care about these cut-n-paste near-erf asteroid alerts.