NASA Tracking Bus-Sized Asteroid Approaching Earth This Week
Summary
NASA is keeping an eye on an asteroid named "2025 VP1" that is approaching Earth, traveling at a speed of over 18,300 miles per hour. It will pass about 361,000 miles away from our planet on Tuesday. Several other asteroids, including one called "3361 Orpheus," are also being tracked by NASA this week.Key Facts
- "2025 VP1" is an asteroid about the size of a bus and is speeding towards Earth at over 18,300 miles per hour.
- This asteroid will pass around 361,000 miles from Earth.
- NASA is also tracking another bus-sized asteroid, "2025 VC4," which will come as close as 1.24 million miles from Earth.
- An asteroid called "3361 Orpheus," which is the size of a bridge, will pass Earth at around 20,000 miles per hour.
- Asteroids are rocky objects left over from the solar system's formation 4.6 billion years ago.
- Most near-Earth objects, which are asteroids that come close to Earth's orbit, do not pose any risk of hitting us.
- Potentially hazardous asteroids are those larger than 460 feet that come within 4.6 million miles from Earth.
- None of the current potentially hazardous asteroids are expected to hit Earth soon.
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