NASA Tracking Bus-Sized Asteroid Approaching Earth This Week
Summary
NASA is keeping an eye on several asteroids approaching Earth this week, including two the size of a bus. The closest of these, called "2025 XF1", will pass by Earth at a distance of 195,000 miles on Saturday. NASA confirms that none of these asteroids pose a significant risk to Earth.Key Facts
- NASA is monitoring an asteroid named "2025 XF1" that is bus-sized and will pass Earth on Saturday.
- "2025 XF1" is expected to come as close as 195,000 miles to Earth.
- Another bus-sized asteroid, "2025 XK1," will pass Earth on Friday at a distance of 624,000 miles.
- Two plane-sized asteroids, "2020 WH20" and "2016 YH," are also near Earth and moving at about 20,000 miles per hour.
- Asteroids are rocky bodies left over from when the solar system formed.
- "Near-Earth objects" are asteroids that come within 120 million miles of the sun.
- NASA states that most near-Earth objects do not pose a risk to Earth.
- "Potentially hazardous asteroids" are those larger than 460 feet and come within 4.6 million miles of Earth's orbit, but none are expected to hit Earth soon.
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