NASA Says Asteroid Will Pass Earth Next Week
- 8 years ago
An asteroid known as 2013 TX68 will be passing at a close but safe distance from Earth on March 8th, says NASA.
An asteroid known as 2013 TX68 will be passing at a close but safe distance from Earth on March 8th, says NASA.
How close remains undetermined.
Experts believe the range will be anywhere from 15,000 to 3 million miles from our planet’s surface.
Measuring about 100 feet wide, the asteroid is about 35 feet larger in diameter than the one that broke into the atmosphere and split up over Chelyabinsk, Russia years ago.
The difference would mean double the blast strength if 2013 TX68 were to do the same.
However, NASA stresses that there is no chance of such an event occurring.
Though the possibility of a collision is greater d
An asteroid known as 2013 TX68 will be passing at a close but safe distance from Earth on March 8th, says NASA.
How close remains undetermined.
Experts believe the range will be anywhere from 15,000 to 3 million miles from our planet’s surface.
Measuring about 100 feet wide, the asteroid is about 35 feet larger in diameter than the one that broke into the atmosphere and split up over Chelyabinsk, Russia years ago.
The difference would mean double the blast strength if 2013 TX68 were to do the same.
However, NASA stresses that there is no chance of such an event occurring.
Though the possibility of a collision is greater d