The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico captured the image of the 1998 OR2 asteroid, which will pass 6.3 million kilometers from our planet.
<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "The asteroid1998 OR2, which is between 13 and 70 meters wide (about the size of a single-family home), was discovered on April 11 by astronomers from various observatories. Last Saturday, the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico captured a radar image that will pass 3.9 million miles (6.3 million km) from our planet on Wednesday, April 29. “data-reactid =” 29 ” > The asteroid1998 OR2, which is between 13 and 70 meters wide (about the size of a single-family home), was discovered on April 11 by astronomers from various observatories. Last Saturday, the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico captured a radar image that will pass 3.9 million miles (6.3 million km) from our planet on Wednesday, April 29.
<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "At this time of pandemic and quarantine, natural phenomena continue to happen incessantly and, from the earth, it will be possible to see how this giant celestial body will impact very far, but not enough not to notice it. “data-reactid =” 30 “> In this epoch of pandemic and quarantine, the natural phenomena continue to happen incessantly and, from the earth, it will be possible to see how this giant celestial body will impact far away, but not enough not to notice it.
<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "Although isolation has the planet paused, many people have to go to work. This is the case of the Arecibo team members, for example, who follow the path of this asteroid very closely but always with masks in the workplace to help minimize the spread of the coronavirus, as reported by the portal Space. “data-reactid =” 31 “> Although the isolation has the planet on hiatus, many people must go to work. That is the case of the Arecibo team members, for example, who follow the path of this asteroid very closely but always with masks in the workplace to help minimize the spread of the coronavirus, reports the portal Space.
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The image of the celestial body from Earth was taken in Puerto Rico and created a stir in the astronomical world.
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The Arecibo researchers are not the only ones monitoring the asteroid. For example, Italian astrophysicist Gianluca Masi, who runs the Online Virtual Telescope Project, has also been tracking it. In fact, on April 28, it will carry out a live Internet broadcast on the celestial body that will even have telescopic views of the object.
Astronomers estimate that it is between 1.1 and 2.5 miles (1.8 to 4.1 kilometers) wide, large enough that an impact can threaten human civilization. But, to repeat, there is nothing to fear: the asteroid will appear absolutely far from the planet on April 29.
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