Among the stars is somewhere in the 2021 NY21, another asteroid that is actively launching into Earth at insane speeds. Although it is on its way to the planet, it is still close enough for NASA to classify it as a potentially dangerous “near-Earth object” (NEO), allowing the team to keep an extra eye on the planet. his future career.
As of now, experts believe the NY21 2021 moves through space at nearly 21,000 miles per hour despite its size, between 427 and 984 feet wide. The asteroid is expected to pass through Earth on September 22 and its closest point will reach 930,487 miles from the planet. While this may seem like a significant amount, NASA defines NEOs as “an asteroid or comet that approaches our planet less than 1.3 times the distance from Earth to the Sun.”
In comparison, there are approximately 240,000 miles from Earth to the Moon, hence the NEO state.
“Near-Earth (NEO) objects are comets and asteroids that have been propelled by the gravitational pull of nearby planets into orbits that allow them to enter Earth’s neighborhood,” says NASA’s official NEO website about cosmic objects. “Comets primarily of water ice with inlaid dust particles, comets originally formed in the cold outer planetary system, while most rocky asteroids formed in the warmer inner solar system between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The scientific interest is due to comets and asteroids, largely due to their relatively unaltered residual status in the process of forming the solar system about 4.6 billion years ago. “
Like virtually all other NEOs currently supervised by NASA, NY1 2021 is expected to have no impact on the planet and life will continue normally until October and beyond, sorry, no Armageddon here, people.
“2021 NY1 orbits the sun every 1,400 days (3.83 years), reaching up to 0.99 AU and reaching 3.90 AU from the sun,” SpaceReference.org says about the asteroid. “Depending on its brightness and the way it reflects light, NY1 2021 is likely to be between 0.127 and 0.284 kilometers in diameter, making it a small to medium-sized asteroid, roughly comparable in size to a school bus or smaller. “.
SpaceReference analysts also suggest that the next time 2021 NY1 will be close enough to be considered an object close to Earth on September 23, 2105.