At the crucial moment, the Earth will be approximately 5.8 million away kilometer from asteroidy – reports Near Earth Objects Research Center (CNEOS) NASA. The closest meeting of Earth with the asteroid will take place exactly in sunday May 15 at 11:18 pm time Polish. According to scientists, the average for asteroid 388945 (2008 TZ3) is 480 meters.
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Asteroid 388945 (2008 TZ3) will approach Earth
2008 TZ3 will fly approximately 15 times the distance from Earth to the Moon. We know the orbit of this asteroid very accurately and can confidently predict that on May 15 it will not come closer than about 15 lunar distances, Paul Chodas, director of CNEOS, told US Newsweek.
According to the findings of the researchers, the asteroid is classified as Near-Earth Objects. Its size is so large, and its orbit is contiguous in such a way that it is classified as a “Potentially Hazardous Asteroids”.
According to the newest According to the estimates of researchers from CNEOS, as the object approaches the Earth, it will move at a speed of about 29,451 kilometers per hour.
The approach of Asteroid 388945 (2008 TZ3) to Earth has been predicted for a decade
The asteroid was discovered on October 6, 2008 by program participants astronomical Mount Lemmon Survey, which is part of the Catalina Sky Survey. Its task is to find and catalog objects close to Earth. So scientists have been tracking asteroid 388945 (2008 TZ3) for over 13 years. “We have predicted its rapprochement this month for over a decade because the orbit of this asteroid is well known,” said Chodas.
2008 TZ3 has passed our planet at smaller distances than this year already several times: in 2016, 2018 and 2020. The 2018 close-up was the largest of all, as the asteroid passed the Earth as many as six of our distances from the Moon.
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