DANGEROUS GIANT ASTEROID FLIES SAFELY THROUGH EARTH

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According to NASA's asteroid monitor, a massive dangerous asteroid the size of the Empire State Building travelled close to Earth's orbit on Tuesday afternoon, but it kept a safe distance so as not to impact the livable planet. The asteroid passed at a distance of nearly five times the distance between the Earth and the Moon, escaping a mega-disaster. On July 3, another asteroid, 7482 (1994 PC1), will pass close to the Earth in this area. It has a diameter of roughly 1km and is categorised as an Apollo asteroid by NASA.

At a distance of less than 0.05 astronomical units or 7.5 million kilometres from Earth, asteroid 1994 PC1 arrived at a distance of less than 0.05 astronomical units or 7.5 million kilometres from Earth, which scientists consider dangerous. The celestial object travelled within a million miles of Earth, yet safely, making it the closest encounter in the next 200 years. The Virtual Telescope Project, situated in Rome, sponsored a Livestream for spectators starting at 3 p.m. EST (2000 GMT) as it was making the encounter.

The asteroid 7482 (1994 PC1) was practically at its closest proximity to the Earth at the time of streaming: 1 million miles or 1.6 million kilometres. According to project founder Gianluca Masi, the live stream page stated, "The Virtual Telescope Project will show it live online, just at the fly-by time, when it will peak in brightness."

The asteroid's closest approach to the Earth was estimated by NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California at 4:51 p.m. EST (2151 GMT). According to NASA, the 3,400-foot (1-kilometer) asteroid will pass within 5 lunar distances of our planet during its closest approach.

According to NASA, the average distance between Earth and the moon is around 238,855 miles (384,400 kilometres), and comets and asteroids that come within 1.3 astronomical units (120.9 million miles, or 194.5 million kilometres) qualify as near-Earth objects (NEOs). The humans, on the other hand, had no need to be concerned as the massive asteroid flew by.

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