You can watch big asteroid Take a safe ride to Earth today (March 13) from anywhere with a good internet connection.
If time permits, the virtual telescope project will broadcast live images of the recently found asteroid 2022 ES3, which will pass our planet slightly within the orbit of the Moon. Broadcast starts at 2:30 PM EST (1830 GMT) And you can watch it in the video feed above or Straight from the Virtual Telescope Project.
Asteroid 2022 ES3 is 12 meters wide – about the size of a bus – and will pass within 330,000 km of Earth today. According to NASA. The asteroid was discovered by the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona on March 7, and as with near-Earth asteroid discoveries, the orbit and other details of the asteroid’s motion and size have been published. Online.
Written by the founder of the project, Gianluca Massi Location statement. He lives in Secano, near Rome, Italy.
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The asteroid is not consideredpotentially dangerous“, according to News week, perhaps because of its size. According to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory small body databaseThe diameter of the asteroid is 30 to 40 feet (10 to 22 meters).
Massey says the closest asteroid will approach Earth at a safe distance of about 87% of the average The distance from the Earth to the Moon. The Moon is usually located about 384,400 km from Earth.
NASA monitors asteroids through partner telescopes and space observations, coordinated by Planetary Defense Coordination Office. While the agency did not find any imminent problems, it is testing asteroid defense techniques to be proactive.
An example is 1210 lb (550 kg) Arrow The spacecraft that will collide with a small asteroid called Demorphos in September or October. The goal is to change the orbit of this asteroid around its larger companion, Didymus.
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Review: An earlier version of this story included an incorrect date for Flight ES3 for 2022. It’s March 13th.
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