Towards Earth the Greatest asteroid in the last 15 years
(8 years ago)An asteroid is discovered, the largest to have passed by us in the last 15 years. It's called 2018 GE3, about 50 feet [80 m] in diameter and has just greeted us by traveling near the lunar orbit, just 192 thousand miles from our planet. Asteoride was spotted on April 14th by a university project. [...]
An asteroid is discovered, the largest to have passed by us in the last 15 years. It's called 2018 GE3, about 50 feet [80 m] in diameter and has just greeted us by traveling near the lunar orbit, just 192 thousand miles from our planet.
Asteorid was singled out on April 14th by a Arizona University project funded by Nasa.
It was also filmed in its trajector near the Serpent's Star, while at the moment of its nearest distance to the earth it was not possible to see with the naked eye. Scientists say that observed in the telescope, he lit up as if he were a star of the third magnitude and, based on reflective light, Nassau also calculated his diameter.
As astronomers announce that three more asteroids will pass the Earth on April 17th. But these spacestones have far smaller dimensions, will pass to larger distances, and pose no danger.