If you're the sort of person who worries about asteroids, a new map from nasa's near earth object program is unlikely to offer much reassurance.
Get Space Rock To Hit Earth Dec 20 Images. Asteroid 2020 dr2 is now the most concerning space rock around every week, tabloid media outlets pump out scary headlines about asteroids passing by earth that pose no actual threat. An asteroid that has a small chance of hitting earth in the year 2029 was upgraded to an unprecedented level of risk friday, dec.
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The asteroid is currently screeching across space at a breathtaking speed of 40,000 miles per hour and a major threat for the earth. Unlike the earth, the moon has no atmosphere to protect it and so even small rocks can hit its surface. Also keep in mind the earth could just as easily bend the trajectory of a rock that missed the earth (coming from the left, in this image) and cause it to hit the moon when it would have.
The 540 metre space rock is the same size as the world trade centre and would cause a significant amount of damage and mass extinction.
Researchers have found that space rocks of a similar size to the one that exploded over chelyabinsk are hurtling into the earth's atmosphere with surprising frequency. Asteroid 2020 dr2 is now the most concerning space rock around every week, tabloid media outlets pump out scary headlines about asteroids passing by earth that pose no actual threat. The celestial object known as 2018vp1 is projected to come close to earth on november 2, according to the center for near earth objects studies at nasa's jet propulsion laboratory. Find space rock latest news, videos & pictures on space rock and see latest updates, news, information from ndtv.com.
