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Huge asteroid on near-collision course with Earth

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Huge asteroid on near-collision course with Earth

By Web Desk

Published: March 25, 2015






A 1,000-metre wide asteroid will make a relatively close but harmless pass by Earth on Friday, according to NASA.
The object called ‘2014-YB35’ is travelling at more than 23,000 mph in space.


Although it is not unusual for small meteorites to whizz past Earth, the size of the asteroid poses a real threat with fears of any impact triggering earthquakes and tsunamis.


This rock is forecast to pass within 2.8 million miles – a tiny distance in astronomical terms – of Earth on Friday, according to NASA’s Near Earth Object Programme.


It is estimated to be from between 500 metres and 1km wide, with 990 metres the most likely.


The object was first spotted by the Catalina Sky Survey at the end of last year with astronomers expected to be closely watching its progress this week.


However, experts warn it is only a matter of time before an asteroid sets buzz to Earth.


Professor of astronomy at the University of Buckinghamshire, Bill Napier told the Express there is a “very real risk” of a comet or damaging asteroid hitting Earth.


“With something like YB35, we are looking at a scale of global destruction, something that would pose a risk to the continuation of the planet.


“These events are however very rare, it is the smaller yet still very damaging impacts which are a very real threat,” he added.


This article originally appeared on Express.


Huge asteroid on near-collision course with Earth - The Express Tribune
 
Dear PJ ji,

On a related note, many scientists offlate have debunked the theory that an asteroid of giant magnitude hit the earth earlier causing extinction of dinosaurs -- they say such a thing did not happen, but the dinosaurs became extinct on their own, from scarcity of food! They say the earth is far too a tiny planet strategically posited in space, that its position ensures nothing huge can safely hit it! and something less gigantic in size will be torn down into tiny particles on the asteroid's motion through the earth's atmosphere!

Just thought of sharing.
 
2014 YB[SUB]35[/SUB] (also written 2014 YB35) is a near-Earth asteroid discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey on 27 December 2014. It is approximately 520 metres (1,710 ft) in diameter.

It will pass by Earth on 27 March 2015 at 06:21 UTC at a distance of 4,473,807 ± 155 km (2,779,895 ± 96 mi), or 11.7 lunar distances, and a relative speed of 10.16 km/s (6.31 mi/s). The Goldstone Observatory is scheduled to observe this object on 20 March 2015, at which time it is expected they will obtain coarse radar images and continuous wave spectra, which may help determine the asteroid's composition.

2014 YB[SUB]35[/SUB]'s next encounter with Earth will be in 2033, at a distance of approximately 3,330,000 km (2,070,000 mi)

2014 YB35 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

“These events are however very rare, it is the smaller yet still very damaging impacts which are a very real threat,” he added.

Huge asteroid on near-collision course with Earth - The Express Tribune
 
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