An Enormous Asteroid is Scheduled to Come Close to Earth Later This Week – Be Sure to Take Note!

Bobo.id – Stories and news about asteroids passing close to Earth have been heard recently.

Asteroids are rocks orbiting the Sun. Although their behavior is the same as that of planets, asteroids are much smaller than planets.

Asteroids can also be found in planetary orbits which means that both asteroids and planets follow the same path around the Sun.

After previously finding the asteroid 2023 DW with a diameter of 50 meters, this time it was the turn of the asteroid DZ2 to be found.

Mentioned in EarthSkythis newly discovered space rock will pass near Earth on March 25, 2023.

This asteroid is known to be passing quite close to Earth. In fact, the distance is closer than the distance from Earth to the Moon.

Get to know the Asteroid with a Diameter of 64 Meters

This asteroid was discovered by astronomers at the La Palma observatory, Canary Islands, Spain at the end of February 2023.

This space rock, labeled 2023 DZ2, is part of the Apollio asteroid family, friends.

Astronomers say that this asteroid has a fairly large size, which is up to 64 meters in diameter.

This means that the size of the asteroid 2023 DZ2 is about 14 meters larger than the rumored asteroid 2023 DW3 that will hit Earth.

Also read: Explanation of Celestial Objects, from the Sun to the Stars