Asteroid 2013 BO76 is all set to glide past Earth on March 24, Thursday. The asteroid will maintain a staggering 50,000 kph in its due course. The asteroid carries a width close to 450-500 meters and NASA has called it a potentially hazardous one. Read below to know everything about it.
Object name ☄️: (2013 BO76)
Is potentially hazardous
Close approach date 🗓️: 2022-Mar-24 22:55
Estimated diameter 📏: 202.56 to 452.94 meters
Relative velocity: 49513.45 km/h
— Near Earth Objects (@ws_neo) March 22, 2022
With the same size as the Empire State Building, Asteroid 2013 BO76 will be closest to Earth come March 24. The distance that the asteroid would maintain is around 3.1 million miles from our planet which translates to 13 times the gap between Earth and the Moon. Asteroid 2013 BO76 has been estimated among Nasa’s list of upcoming “Close Approaches” however it poses no danger to our planet.
What are the risks that an approaching asteroid possesses?
Numerous near-Earth objects (NEOs) are tracked on a daily basis to furnish a premature warning if they shift onto a collision course with our planet. Its pertinent to note here that the course of the asteroid can get easily altered. Asteroid 2013 BO76 on March 24 will join the group of seven space objects that are expected to pass Earth while making a close approach.
Fortunately, not a single one of the asteroids being tracked by the space agency are thought to pose risks of collision. Our planet has not witnessed an asteroid of apocalyptic level since the rock that wiped out the dinosaurs. However, more diminutive entities capable of affecting a complete city crash into Earth now and then.