An asteroid as big as the Eiffel Tower is coming next month approaching the Earth and NASA classifies it as a “potentially dangerous asteroid (PHA).” An asteroid named 4660 Nereus is almost three times larger than a football field. The impact of such a large body on the earth’s surface could be absolutely devastating. Fortunately, it poses no threat to humanity, as it is expected to miss our planet.
NASA asteroid monitoring predicts it will approach Earth on December 11. However, the fact that it “approaches”, according to NASA, means that it will fly around the Earth at a distance of 3.9 million kilometers. This is 10 times the distance between the Earth and the Moon.
Nereus measures an incredible 330 meters, so it is greater than 90% of recorded asteroids. Compared to the largest of them, it is still very small.
This asteroid orbits the Sun every 664 days. However, it will not approach the Earth again until March 2, 2031, and then only in November 2050, he informed Daily Record.
Its closest approach to our planet should not take place for another 40 years, in February 2060.
It has been orbiting the Sun for decades
It was discovered in 1982 by the American astronomer Eleanor F. Helin and is part of a group of asteroids called Apollo. These formations are characterized by crossing the Earth’s orbit in their orbit around the sun.
Scientists have been thinking several times about approaching the asteroid, but these plans have always failed.
Source: Daily Star
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