{"id":18901,"date":"2020-09-04T14:54:05","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T21:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/?p=18901"},"modified":"2020-09-04T14:26:24","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T21:26:24","slug":"mamma-mia-nasa-tracking-asteroid-nearly-double-the-diameter-of-roman-colosseum-approaching-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/mamma-mia-nasa-tracking-asteroid-nearly-double-the-diameter-of-roman-colosseum-approaching-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"Mamma Mia! NASA Tracking Asteroid Nearly Double the Diameter of Roman Colosseum Approaching Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sputnik News – August 31, 2020<\/p>\n

The so-called \u2018Near-Earth Object\u2019, classified as such by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), was first discovered by astronomers in 2010, and is set to cross Earth\u2019s orbit on Sunday.<\/p>\n

NASA is tracking a massive, 270 metre-wide asteroid that\u2019s nearly double the diameter of the Great Roman Colosseum, and almost twice the height of Egypt’s iconic Pyramid of Giza.<\/p>\n

The asteroid, formally known as object \u2018465824 (2010 FR)\u2019, is making its way toward Earth\u2019s orbit at an incredible speed of approximately 50,530 km per hour (or 14 km per second), or over 1.5 times faster than what scientists call high-hypersonic speed.<\/em><\/p>\n

The object, known as an \u2018Apollo\u2019 asteroid because it crosses Earth\u2019s orbit, is not believed to be a threat to life on the planet, according to astronomers from NASA\u2019s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, scientists are monitoring space rocks such as 465824 (2010 FR) due to the effects of the gravitational pull of the planets of our solar system, as well as the Sun, which can alter their trajectory.<\/p>\n

The asteroid is expected to hit Earth\u2019s orbit on September 6, and will be just one of about ten near-Earth orbit flybys next month. Two such asteroids \u2013 2020 QG5 and 2011 ES4, will arrive on Tuesday. Two more, 2020 PG6 and 465824 (2010 FR) will arrive on September 2 and 6, respectively. NASA expects ten more asteroid flybys in October.<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s space agency Roscosmos commented on 2011 ES4\u2019s approach on Sunday, promising<\/a> that the planet \u201cwon\u2019t die\u201d from the 25 meter diameter space rock as it zips by the planet at a distance closer to Earth than our Moon. According to Roscosmos\u2019s figures, about 80 similar asteroids approached Earth in August.<\/p>\n

Astronomers don\u2019t manage to spot every single asteroid that approaches Earth ahead of time. Earlier this month, a 3 by 6 meter asteroid zipped past Earth just 2,950 km<\/a> above the Indian Ocean.<\/p>\n

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Sputnik News – August 31, 2020 The so-called \u2018Near-Earth Object\u2019, classified as such by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), was first discovered by astronomers in 2010, and is set to cross Earth\u2019s orbit on Sunday. NASA is tracking a massive, 270 metre-wide asteroid that\u2019s nearly double the diameter of the Great Roman … Continue reading Mamma Mia! NASA Tracking Asteroid Nearly Double the Diameter of Roman Colosseum Approaching Earth<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1282],"tags":[2898,3513,1677,10792,15205,15204,15206],"class_list":["post-18901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-heavenly-signs","tag-asteroid","tag-earth","tag-nasa","tag-near-earth-object","tag-pyramid-of-giza","tag-roman-colosseum","tag-roscosmos"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8fAkI-4UR","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18901"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18902,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18901\/revisions\/18902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}