Harianjogja.com, JAKARTA – The United States Aeronautics and Space Administration or NASA reported that an asteroid that deviated slightly from its path was approaching Earth.
The asteroid with the nickname 2013 BO76 has a width of 259 meters or 850 feet or the size of a stadium.
Meanwhile, according to NASA’s Jet Prolution Laboratory, BO7613 will make its closest approach to Earth from a distance of 5,110,000 kilometers.
That distance could be said to be much closer than his last approach in the past.
The speed of the asteroid itself is 49,513 km/hour or about 40 times faster than the speed of sound. Well, at such a speed, this asteroid can cause massive destruction if it hits the earth.
Apart from that, the asteroid 2013 BO76 orbits the sun in an asymmetric elongated orbit.
On the one hand, it traces Earth’s orbit at two intersecting points, while on the far side, it goes as far as the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
The asteroid previously came closest to Earth in 2013 when it flew past us from a distance of 78,78,285 kilometers. Nine years later, it will bring him closer to Earth. Cut short distance 15 times.
Source: JIBI/Bisnis.com
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