Scary! 4 massive asteroids heading for Earth, 2 coming tomorrow

If you are a space fanatic then know that at least four massive space rocks will be flying past our planet in the next two days. Though these space rocks will make a close approach to earth, they won’t strike and will flyby earth, albeit at a scarily close distance. NASA has not classified these asteroids as a ‘potentially hazardous object.’ The US space agency keeps a track of asteroids and comets making relatively close approaches to Earth. Check out the asteroids that will be approaching Earth in the next two days.

Asteroid 2022 ST1

The asteroid 2022 ST1 measuring at around 72 feet in diameter will fly by the Earth from a relatively close distance of 949,565 km. It is travelling at a speed of 30,299 miles per hour.

Asteroid 2022 SG

The massive space rock, asteroid 2022 SG, will fly by earth on September 22 at 20:37 at a distance of 2.8 million kilometres at a speed of 20 kilometres per second. The space rock is as big as 242 feet in diameter. The asteroid 2022 SG is currently 3.24 million kilometres, equivalent to 0.02 astronomical units from earth.

Asteroid 2022 SK1

Asteroid 2022 SK1, which is as big as 30-feet, will reportedly fly past Earth on September 22 at 05:32 a.m EST from a distance of 2.71 million kilometres at a speed of 8 kilometres per second. Currently, it is 2.72 million kilometres, equivalent to 0.02 astronomical units from earth.

Asteroid 2022 QH8

Asteroid 2022 QH8 will make a close pass to earth on September 23 at 04:20 at a distance of 4.05 million kilometres at a speed of 15 kilometres per second. Currently, it is 4.42 million kilometres, equivalent to 0.03 astronomical units from earth.

Did You Know?

These asteroids are classified as Near-Earth objects. Nasa detects the orbital positions of these near-Earth objects from the database of the Minor Planet Center, while most of the asteroid-tracking data is collected by NASA-funded observatories – Pan-STARRS, the Catalina Sky Survey, NASA’s NEOWISE mission and others.