Multiple asteroids are set to make comparatively shut approaches to Earth within the coming days. The largest among the many 5 on Nasa asteroid watchasteroid (2024 xn1), is about 120 ft vast i.e. round a measurement of an airplane.
The asteroid (2024 XN1) is about to make its closest approach to Earth on December 24 at roughly 02.57 TDB (Barycentric Dynamical Time- a relativistic coordinate timescale particularly designed for astronomical purposes).
At its nominal distance, the asteroid will move inside 7,217,247 kilometers (4,480,000 miles) of Earth, with a minimal attainable distance of seven,182,369 kilometers and a most of seven,252,123 kilometers.
Traveling at a relative velocity of 6.59 kilometers per second (roughly 23,724 kilometers per hour), this asteroid has put Nasa on alert no less than till Christmas eve.
However, earlier than this, different smaller asteroids may even make shut approaches. On December 19 (US time), the 49-foot asteroid (2024 YA) will move at 869,000 miles. Asteroid (2020 XY4), measuring 44 ft, will move at 3,030,000 miles on December 20. Two asteroids will move on December 21: the 50-foot (2024 XQ4) at 656,000 miles and the 60-foot (2024 XN15) at 2,350,000 miles .
Nasa’s Asteroid Watch dashboard tracks objects approaching inside 4.6 million miles of Earth. Objects bigger than 150 meters inside this distance are thought of probably hazardous. The dashboard supplies data on the asteroids’ measurement, distance, and closest approach date.
None of the presently tracked asteroids pose a risk to Earth. “Objects approaching within 4.6 million miles and larger than 150 meters are classified as potentially hazardous, though all currently tracked objects pose no threat to our planet.” For reference, the common Earth-moon distance is about 239,000 miles.
