2018 DV1, an asteroid that will pass close to Earth, will it collide with Earth?

in #science7 years ago

2018 DV1, an asteroid that will pass close to Earth will collide with the One asteroid will approach the Earth on Friday March 2, approximately 113 thousand kilometers.

The asteroid, called 2018 DV1, is about the size of a bus. Although this distance is considered close, it is not in danger of crashing on Earth.

The Mount Lemmon Observatory team in Arizona detected 2018 DV1 on Monday and plotted its route to predict the closeness of its trajectory relative to Earth.

Through the Virtual Telescope Project 2.0 portal the event will be broadcast live, which will start at 12:30 a.m. and you will be able to see it here.

The Virtual Telescope Project will be monitoring another, called 2017 VR12, which will approach March 7. This asteroid measures between 150 and 470 meters and will pass 1.4 million kilometers. NASA says that none of these represents danger.

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