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2022 A space rock named PC is expected to make its closest approach to Earth at a distance of 6,300,000 km from Earth on August 18, says NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory notes on the Asteroid Watch dashboard.
This puts the average distance between the Earth and the Moon close to 239,000 miles (about 384,633 km).
The dashboard shows a list of approaching asteroids within 4.6 million miles of Earth.
Any space object greater than about 150 m (492 ft) that can approach Earth within this distance is called a potentially hazardous object, according to the dashboard.
The 58-meter-wide asteroid, about the size of an airplane, was first discovered in July 2022 and found to orbit near the orbits of Earth and Venus.
It is expected to approach Earth at a speed of approximately 14,580 km/h (9227 mph).
Space rocks are predicted to pass safely through Earth, but astronomers are closely monitoring their trajectories and modeling future passage scenarios.
This rock is known to approach Earth every few years.
It will come closer to Earth again in 2026, but not as close as it is now until 2043.
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The Space Agency's Planetary Defense Coordination Office detects, tracks, and characterizes Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) to mitigate potential future impacts from such devastating space rocks. I'm here.
Through its ongoing Dual Asteroid Redirection Test (Dart) mission, NASA will also apply "kinetic impactor" technology to send spacecraft to known asteroids at high speed. I'm trying to collide and change. space rock track.
The Dart spacecraft is moving steadily toward its September 26th encounter, set to collide with the small moon asteroid Dimorphos, 160m wide, in its orbit.
Neither Dimorphus nor Didymus pose a threat to Earth, and no known asteroid poses a risk of colliding with Earth "for at least the next century." We want to test the possibility of deflection. As a means of planetary defense through exercises.
