A new asteroid passed very close to the earth

 

Asteroid `2024 GZ2' passed the earth from a distance of only 12 thousand miles

A new asteroid passed very close to the earth, just before the rays of the total solar eclipse. Astronomers discovered this new asteroid on April 9 named '2024 GZ2'. The asteroid passed the earth from a distance of only 12 thousand miles. Just two days after the discovery (April 11), astronomers said the asteroid was so close to Earth that it flew past the ear. The asteroid will come close again after 70 years.

Such asteroids burn up in the Earth's atmosphere and are destroyed. The asteroid, named 2024 GZ2, is between 8.2 and 16 feet in size, the European Space Agency said. The small asteroid would have passed only 3 percent of the Moon's total distance from the Earth if it had done no damage.

In 70 years it will be further away from Earth than it is now, astronomers said. Finding such asteroids is a very difficult task. And this '2024 GZ2' asteroid was found two days ago

Also, it should be said that the US space research agency NASA has identified more than 35 thousand asteroids that are close to the Earth so far.

 

Source: LiveScience

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