Two airplane-size asteroids are set to fly close to Earth today, according to NASA’s website. In addition, a building-size asteroid is also expected to approach Earth on 7 April. Furthermore, on Monday, two more asteroids will come closer to our planet.

The average size of the three asteroids that will pass by Earth is 73 meters.

An object larger than about 150 meters that can approach Earth within a certain distance is classified as a potentially hazardous object by NASA.

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Based on data from NASA, the asteroid 2024 FG will come as close as 47.30 million kilometers to Earth. Another plane-size asteroid, 2024 GB, will be 52.60 million kilometers away from Earth. Meanwhile, asteroid 2024 FH2, measuring 113 meters in size, will be 61.40 million kilometers from Earth.

Interestingly, the average distance between Earth and the moon is approximately 385,000 kilometers.

Learn more about NASA’s spacecraft collecting 4.5 billion-year-old rocks from an asteroid.

Scientists closely monitor Earth-crossing asteroids and near-Earth asteroids that may pose a potential impact danger. These asteroids intersect Earth’s orbit or approach Earth’s orbital distance within about 4.5 million kilometers.

Discover the confirmed fragments of Asteroid 2024 BX1, believed to be as old as the solar system itself.

Asteroids are rocky remnants from the early formation of the solar system, dating back approximately 4.6 billion years. Most asteroids orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter, with sizes ranging from the largest, Vesta, at 530 km in diameter. The total mass of all asteroids combined is less than that of Earth’s Moon. Some asteroids even have small companion moons, with over 150 asteroids known to have such satellites, according to NASA.

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