A huge asteroid will fly close to the Earth on Christmas Eve – Science and IT
This asteroid has no chance of colliding with Earth
On Christmas Eve, December 24, asteroid 2024 XN1, the size of a 10-story building, will fly over the Earth.
This was reported by the Daily Mail.
The asteroid will pass at a distance of 7.2 million kilometers from our planet. It will move at a speed of 23,726 kilometers per hour, but according to astronomers. It's close on an astronomical scale, but experts say a collision is impossible.
“The Christmas Eve asteroid was only spotted on December 12, when NASA and the European Space Agency's (ESA) planetary protection systems noticed its approach,” the report said.
Despite the fact that the asteroid will approach Earth within 18 times the distance to the Moon, this is a completely safe passage. With an estimated diameter of 29 to 70 meters, the space rock does not pose any threat to the planet. By…
