Asteroid swarm: Nasa detects 16 space rocks hurtling towards Earth this week
Although most of these asteroids will approach Earth from very safe distances, one of them is expected to fly close to the planet.
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These asteroids will arrive starting early on Tuesday.
Although most of these asteroids will approach Earth from very safe distances, one of them is expected to fly close to the planet.
According to CNEOS, 2019 T1 will zip past the planet from 0.00378 astronomical units or roughly 351,000 miles away, which is just slightly greater than the distance between the Earth and the Moon.
These asteroids namely 2019 TV1, 2019 TZ and 2019 SL7 will be heading past Earth early in the morning UK time on this date.
With diameters ranging from 29 to 38 meters, the approaching asteroids are relatively small but would deadly if they made impact.
Asteroid, 2019 TV1 and 2019 TZ will fly past Earth from millions of miles away while 2019 SL7 will approach Earth from a distance of only 0.00363 astronomical units or about 337,000 miles away.
Only one asteroid will zip past Earth on October 10.
It is known as 2019 SX5, this asteroid is the largest one from the group with an estimated diameter of 140 meters.
This Great Pyramid sized asteroid will approach the Earth on October 10.
It should stay at a distance of 0.04533 astronomical units or about 4.2 million miles away.
On Saturday, October 12, Earth will be visited by four more asteroids.
Compared to 2019 SX5, the asteroids 2019 TN1, 2019 SK8, 2019 SV9 and 2019 SE2 are significantly smaller with diameters averaging from 25 to 90 meters.
These four asteroids are expected to visit Earth’s vicinity early on Saturday UK time.
The last asteroid that will fly by Earth this week is called 2019 TT1.
This 38-meter-wide asteroid will approach Earth on October 13 at a distance of 0.00744 astronomical units or about 692,000 miles away.
It was recently revealed that NASA is stepping up its preparations to deal with the “God of Chaos” rock Apophis which could arrive in the next 10 years.
Even SpaceX founder Elon Musk has responded by issuing a chilling assessment over our planet’s defence capabilities against artificial intelligence going wrong and an asteroid impact.
Mr Musk said we “currently have no defence” against these huge space rocks.
