The head of the Astronomical Research Institute, Dr. Khaled Al-Qadi, confirmed that during the remainder of this year, astronomers around the world will witness the observation of many asteroids approaching Earth during the period from 25 to 30 December 2020.
Astronomical research announces that asteroids are close to Earth before 2020 ends
It is also the ones that are at many great distances from the planet, and the closest of them will be at a distance that comes at twice the distance between the Earth and the moon, and they do not pose any threat and there are no opportunities for collision or collision as it spreads on many sites.
The head of the Sun Research Laboratory at the institute, Dr. Osama Rahuma confirmed that one of the most important asteroids is the asteroid “501647” 2014 SD224, which was discovered during September 22, 2014 and is through the “Pan-STARRS1” monitoring system located in the “Haleakala” observatory in Huawei It has a diameter of about 150 meters and has been observed over the past 6 years, as its orbit has become fully known and rotates in an elliptical orbit around the sun and its rotation around the sun is completed in 353.15 days.
The asteroid will be at the closest point to Earth today, Friday, December 25, 2020 at 20:20 GMT, and also at a distance of 0.05 astronomical units for about 3 million km, which is considered the safe distance and its brightness does not exceed the brightness of Pluto, and there are also bright objects nearby From Earth and is monitored through a telescope.
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