KANSAS (KSNT) – The NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory has issued signals for 5 asteroids coming near earth. One asteroid is described as ‘stadium-size’ and can go earth on Tuesday.The asteroid named ‘2024ON’ is roughly 950 ft in diameter, or concerning the length of a soccer stadium, NASA Sun Gadget Ambassador Brenda Culbertson informed 27 Information. She mentioned the asteroid is anticipated to go 621,000 miles from earth or just about 3 times farther than the moon’s reasonable distance.The opposite asteroids beneath the watch had been described as between ‘airplane-size’ and ‘dwelling length’ with the closest asteroid coming 326,000 miles from earth on Sept. 16. The following closest house-sized asteroid (2024 RY10) will come inside of 1,100,000 miles from earth.Culbertson mentioned the moon is 239,000 miles clear of earth on reasonable. She mentioned the nearest asteroid is set 100,000 miles farther from earth and the moon.“That’s a secure distance,” Culbertson mentioned. Tremendous ‘harvest moon’ to polish over Kansas, what to grasp In line with NASA, the asteroids fall beneath Close to Earth Asteroids (NEO) and are asteroids which are better than 460 ft in length with orbits that convey them inside of 4.6 million miles from earth’s orbit across the solar.In line with the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, there are not any identified important threats of affect for the following 100 years or extra.For extra Kansas information, click on right here. Stay alongside of the most recent breaking information in northeast Kansas via downloading our cell app and via signing up for our information e-mail signals. Join our Typhoon Monitor Climate app via clicking right here.Copyright 2024 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This subject matter will not be printed, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. For the most recent information, climate, sports activities, and streaming video, head to KSNT 27 Information.
