Seven asteroids have passed close to the Blue Planet in recent days, between February 27 and March 5, including three classified as “potentially dangerous” by NASA.
What is happening above our heads? Seven asteroids brushed past Earth between February 27 and March 5, according to a information from the Parisian.
Among them, three were being monitored by the US space agency, following classifying them as “potentially dangerous”. Thus, on Monday February 27 and Tuesday February 28, two bodies the size of basketball courts respectively passed 4.8 and 3.6 million kilometers from our planet.
On the night of Friday March 3 to Saturday March 4, a third asteroid the size of a football field approached 4.5 million kilometers from Earth. As a reminder, NASA announced last January that the asteroid dubbed 2023 BU, the size of a truck, which came closest to Earth, had been measured at 3,600 kilometers, much closer than many geostationary satellites. orbiting around the planet.
If the distances at which these asteroids have recently approached Earth remain further, at NASA closely monitor the trajectories. Indeed, in the event of a collision with another body, an asteroid might deviate and begin a race towards our planet.
Like the European Space Agency (ESA), NASA observes the various movements via evaluation systems, in order to anticipate possible collisions, and, if necessary, deploys the necessary means to divert these rocky bodies.
