NASA / JPL-Caltech
The “potentially dangerous” asteroid 2014 TN17 will make the closest ticket to Earth in 300 years. It is the size of the Holy Family in Barcelona, or the Great Giza Pyramid in Egypt.
O 2014 TN17the size of a pyramid, is about to pass the earth about 77,300 km/h.
The “potentially dangerous” asteroid will reach the point closer to our planet in over 100 years.
NASA classifies 2014 TN17 as “Potentially dangerous” due to its occasional size and proximity of the earth. Still, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) clarifies that the heavy space rock does not have any risk of reaching us.
As the JPL details, the 2014 TN17 will ride about 5.1 million kilometers from Earth. To get an idea, it will be at a distance about 13 times farther than the moon. It sounds “so far”, but this is the The nearest approach expected for the asteroid in almost 300 years.
Researchers estimate that the asteroid has It is about 165 meters wide – value that is slightly lower than the height of the Holy Familyin Barcelona, (172 meters).
Sagrada Familia, Barcelona
Using a national example, asteroid size can also be compared to the ‘Three Great’ football stadiums.
It will not be visible with binoculars
During Wednesday’s overflow, the asteroid can be observed by NASA’s Goldstone Solar System System (GSSR) system in California, which specializes in the observation of nearby solar objects.
According to the Center of Minor Planets of the International Astronomical Union, currently, There are about 2500 potentially dangerous asteroids.
As a note to, although some of them are approaching a lot, It is not foreseen, however, that they reach the earth in the near future.
One of these spatial rocks is the destructive asteroid potential of 2024 cities, which has been news because of reaching our planet in 2032.
Another asteroid that will not affect the earth is narrowly apophisthe “God of Chaos”, which will come closer to our planet than some satellites in 2029.
