NASA reveals that an asteroid from the Apollo group is expected to come within 3.2 million km of Earth today.
Two Near-Earth Asteroids (NEAs) narrowly missed Earth yesterday, with NASA monitoring their movements to ensure they posed no threat. The agency’s telescopes track new NEAs, with astronomers reporting their positions to the Minor Planet Center. The Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) then analyzes the data to determine the asteroid’s orbit. Using this method, NASA has identified an asteroid expected to pass close to Earth on March 13. Asteroid 2024 EL1 NASA CNEOS has named the asteroid set to pass Earth today as asteroid 2024 EL1. During its approach, it…
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