NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory AccordingTomorrow, the first name of the asteroids coming close to the Earth is ‘Asteroid (2023 GZ)’. It belongs to the Apollo group of asteroids and was discovered this year. When it comes close to the Earth, then the distance between the two will be 7 lakh 61 thousand kilometers. This is the reason why NASA has placed it in the category of potentially dangerous.
Asteroids worry scientists because their direction can change at any time. If an asteroid collides with the earth, it can bring great destruction. Scientists have believed that millions of years ago, dinosaurs were wiped out from the earth due to the destruction caused by an asteroid collision.
However, the second asteroid that is coming close to our planet is the size of a bus. The name is Asteroid (2023 FN13). It has also been discovered this year. When it comes close to the Earth, it will be about 1 million kilometers away from our planet. It is also included in the category of potentially dangerous for the earth.
There is another asteroid, the name is-(2023 GC1). This asteroid of about 51 feet is the size of a house. It is going to pass close to us from a distance of 59 lakh km. It is moving towards the earth at a speed of 23 thousand 615 km. All three asteroids have been discovered this year.
According to the US space agency, asteroids are also called minor planets. Just as all the planets of our solar system revolve around the Sun, similarly the asteroids also revolve around the Sun. Asteroids are rocky remnants left over from the early formation of our Solar System about 4.6 billion years ago. Scientists have so far detected 11 lakh 13 thousand 527 asteroids.