Tag: nasa asteroid 2022 CX1

[ad_1] Just like Earth, NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide Field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) completes its trip around the Sun every 12 months. Images are captured by the survey telescope throughout its journey, which are then stitched together to form a sky-map, according to NASA. This sky-map shows the positions and the brightness of millions of celestial objects in space. With the help of this sky-map and other ground and space-based telescopes, NEOWISE also helps scientists keep an eye on asteroids which may potentially threaten to impact the Earth.NASA has now issued an asteroid warning for a similar asteroid which is heading for Earth and could make its closest approach as soon as today. Asteroid 2022 CX1 detailsNASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office has issued an alert a...