5 asteroids, the size of airplanes, homes and buses, zoom near Earth this week
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Five asteroids - one as large as a house and two each the size of an airplane - will fly past Earth this week from Tuesday until the following Tuesday, according to NASA's Asteroid Watch Dashboard.
"Our group calculates the orbits of all of these asteroids for NASA and we predict when will asteroids will make close approaches to the Earth," said Paul Chodas the Director of the Center for Near Earth Object Studies in Pasadena who works for the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
He says the house-sized asteroid is called JA5. It will approach first on Tuesday within three million miles of Earth. It's 59 feet in size.
"The five asteroids are not going to collide with the Earth. They are going to pass by," he says.
Two asteroids will go past Earth on Friday. One is called QC5 and it's is compared to a plane since it's 79 feet in size. And the other is called GE and will be about the size of a bus - 26 feet in size.
"We want to be on the watch for larger asteroids that could head our way and we're keeping an eye on that since this could happen in the next hundreds years," said Chodas.
The airplane-sized asteroid will be within 2.5 million miles of Earth and the others will pass within 3.5 million miles of the Earth.
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"Our group calculates the orbits of all of these asteroids for NASA and we predict when will asteroids will make close approaches to the Earth," said Paul Chodas the Director of the Center for Near Earth Object Studies in Pasadena who works for the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
He says the house-sized asteroid is called JA5. It will approach first on Tuesday within three million miles of Earth. It's 59 feet in size.
"The five asteroids are not going to collide with the Earth. They are going to pass by," he says.
Two asteroids will go past Earth on Friday. One is called QC5 and it's is compared to a plane since it's 79 feet in size. And the other is called GE and will be about the size of a bus - 26 feet in size.
"We want to be on the watch for larger asteroids that could head our way and we're keeping an eye on that since this could happen in the next hundreds years," said Chodas.
The airplane-sized asteroid will be within 2.5 million miles of Earth and the others will pass within 3.5 million miles of the Earth.
MORE: https://www.cbs8.com/article/tech/sci...
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