Space agency NASA has issued an alert. NASA says that 3 asteroids are rapidly moving towards Earth. The biggest thing is that they will pass close to Earth tonight. According to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), asteroid 2024 OF2 can pass very close to Earth.
Its distance from Earth can be about 38 lakh kilometers. Apart from this, NASA has issued an alert saying that this large asteroid of the Apollo group is moving towards Earth at a speed of 43,686 kilometers per hour.
How big is asteroid 2024 OF2?
According to NASA, asteroid 2024 OF2 is about 242 feet wide. This is also an asteroid of the Apollo group. The name of the other asteroid there is 2024 OR1. NASA has also issued an alert regarding this. Currently, this asteroid is moving towards the Earth at a speed of 30,311 kilometers per hour.
Apart from this, NASA has also issued an alert regarding asteroid 2024 PE. This meteorite is moving towards the Earth at a speed of 58,195 kilometers per hour. The size of this meteorite is 147 feet wide.
When does NASA issue an alert
Let us tell you, whenever a meteorite strays from the asteroid belt located between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars and starts moving towards the Earth in an area of about 80 lakh kilometers, then NASA issues an alert. This time also the same thing happened with these three asteroids. However, despite being close to the Earth, these meteorites are at such a distance from the Earth that the humans living here do not need to worry.
Such an incident had happened in the past too
Two days ago, NASA had issued an alert regarding the 2024 OC meteorite. This huge meteorite of 410 feet was moving towards the Earth at a speed of 35,996 kilometers per hour. This rock also belonged to the Apollo group. However, its distance from the Earth was also so much that common people did not need to worry about it. But sometimes some meteorites come so close to the Earth that due to them the communication system starts getting affected and the movement of satellites also starts getting troubled.
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