According to NASA a potentially hazardous asteroids is heading to earth
the four kilometer rock is currently hurtling towards us in space but well
it's caused this asteroid will it hit Earth and why did Ilan masque give a
cryptic warning on Twitter about it I'm Charlie and today we're going to look at
will a huge asteroid hit Earth on April 29th 2020 before we do get hit by an
asteroid why not subscribe and press the notification bell by now you've likely
seen news reports about this asteroid on the 29th of April it's going to pass
incredibly close to Earth the asteroid is called 5 - 7 6 8 1 9 9 800 R - catchy
name I know and it's actually the biggest asteroid to fly near Earth in
years it's been tracked by astronomers at the
Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico since April 10th and it's currently traveling
through space at 19,000 461 miles per hour
that's 31,000 320 kilometers an hour the asteroid can be seen here in official
NASA photographs the colossal asteroid pinged up on NASA's radars a few days
ago and on the 29th of April it will be visible from Earth but the question is
will it strike earth and if so will it hit the asteroid is known as a neo this
stands for a near-earth object many asteroids race around the Sun at
all times but some are on trajectories that can bring them close to our planet
at different times and sometimes comets and asteroids come close enough to earth
for them to be Neos NASA describes a neo as an asteroid or comet with a
perihelion distance less than or equal to 1.3 au 1 au is an astronomical unit
this is the distance between Earth and the Sun which is 93 million miles that's
nearly a hundred and 50 million kilometers NASA also say that 99% of all
Neos are asteroids but when will we be able to see asteroid 5 to 7 6 8 the
space rock will be able to be seen on the 29th of April it will be coming at
speeds of nearly 20,000 miles per hour at that time and it will be around 4
miles long which is a gigantic rock if you're in an area without much light
pollution you may be able to see this right now there's speculation this may
be a PHA a PHA is a potentially hazardous asteroid
these are asteroids which NASA plays close attention to and as you can see
this hash droid is on NASA's list of Neos this month
sometimes asteroids require closer observation in case they hit Earth
that's because the gravitational tug of our planet could cause an asteroid to
come closer to Earth and we want the good thing is if an asteroid did hit
Earth it will likely not hit any humans or any cities that's because 71% of
Earth is water that means we have a 71 percent chance of the asteroid hitting
the sea and only 5% of the world is actually populated this means we'd have
to get really unlucky that's because there's a 95% chance any asteroid would
not hit anywhere where people actually live one reason many think the asteroid
may hit earth on the 29th of April is because of a cryptic tweet from Elon
Musk Elon Musk owns the company SpaceX this company has very close ties to NASA
and also the military-industrial complex two days ago he posted a meme of the
world being hit by an asteroid and destroyed then on the moon it was an
astronaut saying oh no the economy this was a
reference to another meme about people wanting to reopen the economy despite
the current coronavirus he hit back at the tweet saying actually it's more like
this so perhaps he knows something about this asteroid that we don't well maybe
it's just a very scary coincidence but what was the largest meteor to ever hit
Earth well this will be the Chile a Blanks meteor this was a meteor that
struck earth on the 15th of February 2013 it entered Earth's atmosphere over
Russia and it was even seen on some drivers dashcam cameras
it left a mysterious smoke trail in the sky over 7,200 properties and buildings
were damaged and it caused nearly 1500 injuries so let's hope this asteroid
which is coming to earth it does not hit anywhere occupied if it does then we
could be in for damage and injuries to it but keep an eye out on the 29th of
April and you may well see this humongous asteroid path
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