NASA Asteroid 2023 MD2

[ad_1] NASA keeps an eye on asteroids, comets, and other Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) for potential close approaches that could threaten Earth. The space agency has issued a warning against an asteroid that will come extremely close to Earth today, June 11. As per the details, the asteroid, given the designation Asteroid 2023 MD2, will pass Earth at a distance of approximately 2.1 million kilometers. While this asteroid is not a planet killer, it is still huge, with an estimated width of 150 feet. That makes it almost as big as an aircraft! Not only will the asteroid pass Earth closely, but it is also hurtling towards us at blistering speed. NASA has revealed that Asteroid 2023 MD2 is approaching Earth at a breakneck speed of 30362 kilometers per hour. Other detailsThis space rock belongs...

[ad_1] A new celestial visitor is set to wander into the close proximity of the Earth very soon! It is a giant 150-foot asteroid that has been tracked by the technological instruments deployed by space agencies. Is it dangerous? The United Nations report says that an asteroid that is responsible for the Tunguska event on 30 June 1908 is said to have been some 60 metres in diameter So, do only large asteroids pose a threat to Earth? This misconception has been cleared by a UN report, which explained, by taking the example of a 20 meters large asteroid that disintegrated in the skies over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk on 15 February 2013, that this is not so. As per the data revealed by the US space agency NASA, the impact of energy release was equivalent to around 440000 tons of TNT. R...

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150-foot asteroid racing towards Earth at breakneck speed; close approach today

150-foot Asteroid 2023 MD2 rushing towards Earth, says NASA! Behemoth speeding at 30362 kmph