03-21-2021, 07:59 PM
It's a big one, but it'll miss:
The biggest asteroid to visit Earth this year is zooming by our planet today (March 21) and it's a real speed demon.
The asteroid 2001 FO32 is hurtling through space at an unusually fast speed for a space rock, about 77,000 mph (124,0000 kph), and will pass by Earth at a safe range of 1.25 million miles (2 million kilometers), according to NASA.
Astronomers have been using NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii in recent days to determine its chemical composition.
https://www.space.com/biggest-asteroid-f...fast-speed
The biggest asteroid to visit Earth this year is zooming by our planet today (March 21) and it's a real speed demon.
The asteroid 2001 FO32 is hurtling through space at an unusually fast speed for a space rock, about 77,000 mph (124,0000 kph), and will pass by Earth at a safe range of 1.25 million miles (2 million kilometers), according to NASA.
Astronomers have been using NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii in recent days to determine its chemical composition.
https://www.space.com/biggest-asteroid-f...fast-speed