TRIBUN-BALI.COM – Giant Asteroid 1.1 Kilometers to Approach Earth January 19, 2022, Including Dangerous Asteroids?
A giant asteroid will approach Earth on Tuesday, January 18, 2022 at 21:51 UTC or January 19, 2022 at 04:51 WIB.
The asteroid measuring 1.1 kilometers is named (7485) 1994 PC1.
This asteroid is known to be approaching Earth at a speed of 43,754 miles per hour, with a distance of 1.93 million kilometers.
Nevertheless, it is certain that this giant asteroid will not hit Earth, even though it is categorized as a “potentially dangerous asteroid”.
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Potentially dangerous is used by astronomers to refer to Near-Earth Objects (NEO).
Or an object approaching Earth with a large size that can have an impact if an impact occurs.
About Asteroids
Reporting from Forbes, Sunday, January 16, 2022, the detection of this asteroid makes (7485) 1994 PC1 the largest asteroid known to approach Earth in 2022.
Asteroid (7482) 1994 PC1 is classified as an Apollo asteroid, the class of objects named after the asteroid 1862 Apollo.
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