The US Aviation and Space Agency (NASA) announced that, starting today, 5 meteorites, 3 of the size of a plane, 1 of the size of a house and the last of a bus, will pass close to the Earth.
ARE THEY ANY HAZARDS?
In the NASA statement, it was stated that on September 6-10, the closest of the 5 meteorites to Earth will pass over 1 million 520 thousand kilometers and the farthest will pass 5 million 720 thousand kilometers, but they do not pose any danger to the Earth.
In the statement, the house-sized (18 meters) 2021 JA5 meteorite was announced today by the aircraft-sized (26 meters) 2023 QC5 and the bus-sized (8 meters) 2020 GE’s September 8, the aircraft-sized 2023 QE8 (52 meters) and 2023 QF6 ( 21 meters) was announced to pass near Earth on September 10.
NASA, 2021 JA5’s 5 million 110 thousand kilometers, 2023 QC5’s 4 million 80 thousand kilometers, 2020 GE’s 5 million 720 thousand kilometers, 2023 QE8 discovered this year 1 million 520 thousand kilometers and 2023 QF6 2 announced that it will pass at a distance of 1 million 660 thousand kilometers.
Celestial objects larger than 150 meters and passing 7.5 million kilometers from Earth are considered dangerous. (AA)