Additional observations helped scientists to go to the old location of these asteroids. It was then determined from orbital calculations that in the past the two asteroids were just one unit. The scientists used two models, according to which the parent asteroid may have broken up between 230 and 420 years ago or 265 and 280 years ago. Because of this, these two asteroids became.
This research paper is published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society journal on 2 February.
The lead author of the new research, Petr Fatka, said in a statement that it is very exciting to discover such young asteroid pairs, which formed about 300 years ago. Some of the observations needed for this research were gathered from the Lowell Observatory in Arizona, USA.
According to reports, the twin asteroids have been placed in the category of D-type asteroids. This means that they are considered rich in compounds. They dissolve quickly in space when exposed to a lot of heat. In reality, it is rare to find D-type asteroids near the Sun. These twin asteroids come closer to the Sun as they orbit the Earth.
Talk about some other asteroids, then a big astronomical event is going to happen near the Earth in the next few days. A 1 kilometer long asteroid is ready to pass by the Earth next week. However you have nothing to worry about. When this asteroid will pass near the Earth, there will still be a distance of 1.93 million kilometers between it and our planet.
This means that this asteroid will be 5.15 times more distant from Earth than the Moon. Our scientists and astronomers keep a regular eye on upcoming celestial events. Updates are given to the people about these, so that people can also become witnesses of these incidents. Now astronomers have found that asteroid (7482) 1994 PC1 will soon approach Earth.
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