You can look great asteroid Take a flight back to Earth safely today (March 13) from anywhere with good internet access.
Weather permitting, the Virtual Telescope Project will broadcast live telescope images of the newly discovered asteroid 2022 ES3, which will pass our planet slightly into the Moon’s orbit. The show starts at 2:30 p.m. EST (6:30 p.m. GMT) And you can watch it in the video stream above or Live from the Virtual Telescope Project.
Asteroid 2022 ES3 is up to 12 meters wide, about the size of a bus, and will pass within 330,000 km of Earth today. According to NASA. The asteroid was discovered by the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona on March 7 and, as with near-Earth asteroid discoveries, the published orbit and other details about the motion and size of the asteroid. ‘asteroid. in line.
Project founder Gianluca Massi wrote in location statement. He lives in Secano, near Rome, Italy.
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The asteroid is not consideredPotentially dangerous“, according to NEWS WEEK, perhaps because of its size. According to NASA JPL small body databaseThe asteroid is 30 to 40 feet (10 to 22 meters) in diameter.
Massey says the closest asteroid will approach Earth at a safe distance of about 87% of the average The distance from the Earth to the Moon. The Moon is usually about 384,400 km from Earth.
NASA monitors asteroids through partner telescopes and space observations, coordinated by Planetary Defense Coordination Office. Although the agency has found no imminent problems, it is testing asteroid defense techniques to be proactive.
An example is 1210 lbs (550 kg) Arrow The spacecraft, which will collide with a small asteroid called Demorphos in September or October. The goal is to change the orbit of this asteroid around its larger companion, Didyma.
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