- An asteroid considered “potentially hazardous” by NASA will pass by Earth on May 21st.
- The rock, which might be up to a mile in diameter, is expected to safely sail by at a distance of around 4 million miles.
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An asteroid estimated to be up to nearly a mile in diameter is scheduled for a date with Earth tomorrow, May 21st, 2020. The space rock known as 136795 (1997 BQ) will be moving at a speed of over seven miles per second when it reaches its closest point to our planet. Thankfully, NASA has been keeping a close eye on it and it’s expected to miss Earth by a significant margin.
As its name suggests, 1997 BQ was first spotted by astronomers in 1997. It’s big enough that it could be tracked, and over time its Sun-centric orbit was mapped and refined.
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