Parting Gift from 2020? NASA Warns FIVE Space Rocks Headed this Way
As the widely perceived terrible year of 2020 draws to a close, NASA has shared an alert about five asteroids due to shoot past the Earth on Wednesday and later this week, two of which will come closer to our planet than the Moon. Some three space rocks, ranging in diameter from roughly a telephone pole size all the way … Continue reading
Planetary Defenses MISSED Asteroid Flyby that Came within 400km of Earth on Friday 13th
A disturbing new record for the closest asteroid flyby of the Earth has been set, after a space rock named 2020 VT4 came within 400 kilometers (250 miles) of the planet on Friday the 13th. And our planetary defenses missed it. The asteroid was spotted by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) survey at the Mauna Loa Observatory in … Continue reading
Asteroid Apophis Speeding up Due to Sunlight, Odds of 2068 Impact Being Recalculated
Elizabeth Howell Space.com Astronomers say they’ll have to keep an eye on the near-Earth asteroid Apophis to see how much of a danger the space rock poses to our planet during a close pass in 2068. But don’t panic: The chances of an impact still seem very low. Under certain circumstances, the sun can heat an asteroid unevenly, causing the … Continue reading
What If Apophis Hits Us In 2029?
There are millions of asteroids floating in our Solar System. Every year thousands of meteorites weighing about a pound fall on Earth. Usually we don’t see them, because they land in uninhabited forests or the ocean. However, in 2004 scientists discovered a really dangerous asteroid in space weighing more than 20-million-tons or 40-billion-pounds. The first observations show it has a … Continue reading
8 Newly Discovered Asteroids Flew Past Earth Closer Than the Moon in 6 Days
Some time ago (around 2011) I read an article which stated that our solar system (which obviously includes our Earth), would be entering an area of space that is more densely populated with space rocks. The article noted that we would not notice the changes overnight, but rather slowly and gradually over the coming years… could this be what we … Continue reading
NASA Spots Flurry of New Space Rocks Headed Our Way, After Identifying Mysterious New ‘Minimoon’
NASA is warning of yet another five asteroids headed our way in the first half of this week, as the agency’s leading asteroid expert claims to have solved the mystery of the ‘minimoon’ set to enter earth’s orbit. Amid a flurry of asteroidal activity as we enter the final few months of 2020, NASA’s asteroid hunters have flagged five more … Continue reading
Approaching Asteroid Set to Pass Inside the Belt of Satellites in Geostationary Orbit on Sept. 24
“…orbit for 2020 SW is currently very Earthlike, which means it will be very close to Earth on a regular basis.” A newly discovered asteroid called 2020 SW will pass so close to Earth this week that it might hit a communications satellite. “That’s very unlikely, but we can’t rule it out,” scientists say. Asteroid 2020 SW is expected to … Continue reading
Two Asteroids Set to Cross Earth’s Orbit Hours Apart as Another Pyramid-Sized Space Rock Barrels Our Way
Two 100-meter-wide asteroids are set to cross Earth’s orbit within hours of each other in the coming days as another space rock, the size of ancient Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Giza, careens towards our planet. NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies, which tracks asteroids and comets that will come close to Earth, has confirmed that it is monitoring two … Continue reading
Could We Survive An Asteroid Collision?
It’s an inevitability, a matter of ‘when’ not ‘if’ a space rock will hit Earth… the more we know, the better the chance of either negating or minimizing the celestial threat. “This documentary takes a look at the present efforts and problems associated with the location and observation of possible life-threatening comets and asteroids, as well as plans to avoid … Continue reading
Large Asteroid to Fly by Earth at 0.3 Times the Distance to the Moon on September 1, 2020
A large asteroid, which currently has a condition code of 7 (0 being good and 9 being highly uncertain) will fly by Earth at 0.3 times the distance to the Moon on September 1, 2020. The asteroid (2011 ES4) measures approximately 150ft (50m) across, is expected to hurtle past the Earth at the incredible speed of 18,253mph (29,375kmh). Despite Space … Continue reading
