NASA announces 3 asteroids approaching Earth – science – life

this monday, Three asteroids They will pass relatively close to the planet, according to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), a federally funded research and development center. Container It is administered by the California Institute of Technology in the United States.

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None of these are dangerous For Earth, but included in the widget “The next five asteroids approach”, The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) announces the five asteroids that will be relatively close to our planet in the coming days.

There the lab provides some details about the size and distance of these rocky, dusty and mineral objects.

Thus, Monday will come closer to Earth than before An asteroid named 2022 RWwhich has an approximate size of 76 meters, is roughly the size of a building, according to the classification of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and will pass at a distance of 1,120,000 kilometers from the planet.

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It is also being reviewed 2022 QJ17Measuring about 25 metres, the size is similar to an airplane, and its closest distance from Earth would be 5,670,000 kilometers.

Moreover , Asteroid 2022 QU5With an area of ​​about 30 meters, which is also the size of an airplane, it will travel 7,350,000 kilometers from Earth.

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In addition, the asteroid is expected to pass nearby on September 6 2022 QC7Which is 21 meters long and will be 4,660,000 kilometers away.

Finally, on September 7 it will be the turn of 2022 RR1Which is 15 meters long and will be 732,000 kilometers away.