On July 24, a small asteroid will safely fly by Earth at a distance 16 times greater than that of the moon.
The Earth is located near the Sun, where there are around 32,000 asteroids. This swarm of asteroids makes about 100 near approaches to Earth per year. At a distance of 62,82,418 kilometers, the asteroid MA54 will pass by the Earth on July 14. It is an asteroid that is tiny and moves slowly.
On July 24, 2023, an asteroid known as 2015 MA54 will be 16.3 times closer to Earth than the Moon and will be moving at a speed of 9.20 kilometers per second. The asteroid has a diameter of 23 to 52 meters. Once every 450 years, an asteroid of a comparable size actually collides with Earth, exploding five kilometers above the surface with the force of six megatons of TNT.
In the atmosphere over a densely populated metropolis, a very tiny asteroid that does not even make an impact crater can yet have a catastrophic consequence. The firestorm would cause around 3.5 million deaths and serious burns to another 10 million people. Buildings within a 6 kilometer radius would collapse, trees within a 10 kilometer radius would be uprooted, and trees within a 30 kilometer radius would catch fire.
The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs requested a stronger global response to the asteroid threat earlier this month in order to prevent future catastrophes. Tracking, identifying, and estimating the courses of asteroids that pose a risk to Earth are crucial steps before an impact occurs. Despite the fact that there are no known asteroids on a collision course with the Earth in the next 1,000 years, scientists want to keep a close eye on a few potential objects.
Since doing so will need less energy, early identification of potentially harmful asteroids is essential. NASA's Double Asteroid Deflection Test (DART) demonstrated that a kinetic impactor—ramming a spacecraft into an asteroid—can be used to redirect an asteroid. NASA will also utilize gravity tractors, ion-beam shepherds, and conventional nuclear weapons in trials of other asteroid deflection technology.
Hindi language:
24 जुलाई को एक छोटा क्षुद्रग्रह चंद्रमा से 16 गुना अधिक दूरी पर पृथ्वी के पास से सुरक्षित रूप से उड़ान भरेगा।
पृथ्वी सूर्य के निकट स्थित है, जहाँ लगभग 32,000 क्षुद्रग्रह हैं। क्षुद्रग्रहों का यह झुंड प्रति वर्ष पृथ्वी के करीब 100 निकट आता है। 62,82,418 किलोमीटर की दूरी पर क्षुद्रग्रह MA54 14 जुलाई को पृथ्वी के पास से गुजरेगा। यह एक क्षुद्रग्रह है जो छोटा है और धीरे-धीरे चलता है।
