NASA is looking for answers to an unknown object that yesterday “touched” the Earth and will return in February.

Our planet lives in a cosmic region full of wandering meteorites To the solar system Flying kites By visiting us and Also objects of unknown origin.

It was like that Yesterday it moved less than 50,000 kilometers from Earth Scientists still wonder if it is a small moon that cannot escape Earth’s gravity or if it is an unused satellite. Farther, Astronomers have already predicted that this will happen again in a few months in February or March next year.

The material was named ‘2020 SO’ after its discovery on September 17. Finally, through the Bon-Stars telescope in Maui (Hawaii). At first it was thought that “2020 SO” was an asteroid with a diameter of between 4.5 and 10 meters, but scientists Near-Earth Object Study Center NASA (CNEOS – Center for Near Earth Object Research) rejects it, assuming it is not a natural body.

Paul Sodas, director of CNEOS, said “SO 2020” was the driving force behind the Body Surveyor 2 study. NASA’s failed Atlas-Center 7 lunar mission was launched into space on September 20, 1966 from 36A at Cape Canaveral Bend. This is one of the few indications that experts confirm that it is a synthetic material It is moving at just 0.6 kilometers per second, which is much slower than most meteorites. It typically travels 11 to 45 miles per second.

“At the moment # 2020SO has a safe flight with our planet. The telescope project said on his Twitter account.

After his revolt on September 20, 1966, Surveyor 2 shifted from its thrust as expected, but lost control of the spacecraft the next day when one of its thrusters failed to fire., Turn. On September 23, 1966, the spacecraft collided with the moon. Meanwhile, the Atlas-Centaur rocket crossed the moon from the upper platform and disappeared into an unknown orbit around the sun.

Dangerous asteroid

Asteroid 2020 WD5 will approach Earth early tomorrow morning and is classified as “dangerous” by the astronomers following it. According to NASA data, the planet will travel at a speed of 30.43 kilometers per second.

It is an Apollo-type asteroid with a diameter between 110 and 250 meters. Therefore, its size will be equal to two or five Olympic-sized swimming pools, depending on its exact size. Furthermore, the minimum distance from the terrestrial planet would be 0.042 au. NASA calls it “dangerous”, Since the minimum distance of the orbital cross section is less than 0.05 au and the absolute amplitude of brightness is less than 22.0, in this case 21.9 au. Any planet within 7 and a half million kilometers of Earth is considered dangerous.

Asteroid 2020 WD5 is expected to be closest to Earth at 5:27 am, Time on the Spanish Peninsula. Even so, the exact moment the planet approaches Earth cannot be measured because it provides 2.84 minutes of uncertainty, so there may be a slight variation.

Although the 2020 WD5 Planet is considered “dangerous”, it will have a nominal access distance of 6,517,977 kilometers. Therefore, it is highly unlikely that it will collide with the terrestrial planet.

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