Jan 04, 2022 21:00:00

NASA announces that an asteroid with a diameter of 1 km will approach the earth in January 2022, and is on alert as a potentially dangerous celestial body

NASA has announced that the asteroid '

1994 PC1 ', which is 3280 feet in diameter, will pass by the Earth on January 19, 2022.

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https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroid-watch/next-five-approaches

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https://www.the-sun.com/news/4386745/nasa-five-asteroids-earth-january/

The asteroid '1994 PC1', which was reported to be approaching the earth this time, is an asteroid discovered by Australian astronomer Robert McNaught in 1994, and its size is Dubai, which is the tallest building on the earth. It is also 3280 feet in diameter, well above the Burj Khalifa.

According to NASA, the '1994 PC1' orbits the Sun in a cycle of about 1.5 years, about 120 from Earth at 21:15 GMT on January 18 (6:15 GMT). It is said that it will approach to a distance of 10,000 miles (about 1.93 million km). It is calculated that the '1994 PC1' will be so close to the Earth since 1933, and the next re-approach will be in 2105.

by NASA

'1994 PC1' is one of the Apollo-type asteroids that fly very close to the earth, and belongs to the same group as the asteroids that fell to Russia in 2013 and caused great damage to the country's Chelyabinsk Oblast.

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NASA is also announcing the 'Asteroid Watch Dashboard', which summarizes the five most recent celestial bodies of asteroids approaching within 7.5 million km from the earth, and ' 2021 YQ ' at the time of writing the article. ' 2021 YX ' ' 2014 YE15 ' ' 2020 AP1 ' ' 2013 YD48 ' has been reported.

The table below summarizes these sizes and the days and distances closest to the earth. Of the five, the closest distance is 1.74 million km, and the '2020 AP1' that passes closest to the earth is a large car size with a diameter of about 4 m, but the '2013 YD48' is about 104 m in diameter and is equivalent to a 30-story building. It is the size to do.

Asteroid name	size	Closest distance	Closest day
2021 YQ	61m	2.14 million km	January 5th
2021 YX	30m	2.39 million km	January 5th
2014 YE15	7m	7.4 million km	January 6th
2020 AP1	4m	1.74 million km	January 7
2013 YD48	104m	5.6 million km	January 11

According to NASA, all of the above asteroids are unlikely to fall to Earth in this approach, but especially the '1994 PC1' is wary of being a 'potentially dangerous asteroid' with a diameter of over 150m. It is said that it is doing.