Astronomers say that at least the next 200 years this asteroid will pass close to the Earth. Scientists say that even though this asteroid passes close to the Earth, people do not need to be afraid of it.
This asteroid was traveling at a speed of 19.56 kilometers per hour relative to the Earth. Earth Sky has shared a video of an asteroid moving rapidly in the sky. It was recorded in Puerto Rico. Despite the full moon there, the asteroid was clearly visible.
After seeing or learning about the asteroid, many people reacted interestingly on Twitter.
One user wrote, ‘While we were busy surviving another day, another year, another job, an asteroid bigger than Burj Khalifa passed by…
While we were busy surviving another day, another year, another job, an #asteroid bigger than burj Khalipha just passed by… notice the shooting star which steals the show. Money and job is the biggest distraction to our real growth and finding answers to our existence. pic.twitter.com/QiiNrlQgdd
— $a£r Wadbudhe (@S_Bigfoot) January 18, 2022
Some users have also shared images of the asteroid. Many people experienced it as a fun.
Australian astronomer Robert McNaught discovered this asteroid in the year 1994. Although scientists have been tracing its path since September 1974. It is an S-type asteroid, which belongs to the Apollo asteroid group.
After about 89 years, this asteroid passed so close to the Earth. 89 years ago on January 17, 1933, this asteroid had come to a distance of 1.1 lakh kilometers from the Earth. Now this event will happen in the next century. It is estimated that on January 18, 2105, this asteroid will come close to Earth.
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