Last Saturday night, a massive asteroid passed between Earth and the Moon, providing an incredible sight. The asteroid, named 2023 DZ2, was discovered only a month before and was between 40 and 90 meters wide, almost as big as a football pitch!
The European Space Agency and Nasa confirmed that the asteroid came within 320,000 miles of the Moon before zooming past Earth a few hours later. It was a rare opportunity to observe such a huge asteroid so close to our planet, but there was no chance of it hitting Earth.
Asteroids are large rocks that float through space and orbit the Sun, much smaller than planets, and can vary in size. Most asteroids are in the main asteroid belt that floats between Mars and Jupiter in our solar system. Scientists say this was a great opportunity for astronomers to increase their knowledge of asteroids as the space rock traveled so close to us.
The Virtual Telescope Project’s website had a live web stream of the asteroid’s journey, allowing people all around the world to experience the excitement. Even though the object looks set to return towards Earth in 2026, the scientists assure us that we won’t be in any danger then either!
Intersting article! We got very lucky and good to know more about space!
( No words, its just amazing!)
We almost died and nobody knew
Imagine if it actually hit earth,We are INCREDIBLY lucky.
WOW! IF THAT ASTEROID HIT WE WOULD ALL BE DEAD
Woah we are so lucky it missed. Everyone who reads this I hope you have a lovely day. 🙂
my wondering is: where would it have hit if it did collide with earth
I am so thankful that that just missed us i think its because we had god watching after us
Wow we are very lucky to be alive!