A planet that quietly passes very close to Earth.
Scientists do a good job of tracking the paths of asteroids moving or passing close to our Earth, but sometimes small space objects pass very close to each other in silence.
This happened only a few days ago when a planet 2020 QG passed very close to the earth and it was discovered at a time when it was very close to our planet.
The European Space Agency (ESA) New Coordination Center, which monitors space objects close to Earth, said in a statement on August 18 that it was the closest planet to our Earth without colliding.
The asteroid orbited the Earth on August 16 and was spotted the same day by the Zwicky Transient Facility, which monitors similar objects.
The asteroid traveled just 1,860 miles from Earth, while the shortest asteroid this year traveled 4,350 miles in May.
The European agency also outlined a 2020 QG pathway passing by our planet.
A couple of days ago, @ztfsurvey discovered the closest-ever asteroid to pass Earth and not hit: 2020 QG
Two observatories supported by ESA's #PlanetaryDefence Office followed up, determining the small object, just a few metres in diameter, had passed less than 3000km from Earth pic.twitter.com/PchiVjDamL
The ESA said the asteroid was very small, only a few meters wide.
The small size of the planet also meant that it was not a serious threat.
According to the ESA, even if it enters the Earth's atmosphere, there is no significant damage to the surface.
It should be noted that asteroids are objects that move freely in our solar system and usually collide with other planets and cause great destruction.
These are basically planets but are much smaller in size than ordinary planets or dwarf planets, usually between one kilometer and 1000 kilometers, which is why they are called asteroids, which is an ancient Egyptian word. Which means star.
Although they look like stars, they can move freely unlike stars, but they do not have their own light, so in astronomy they are also called planets. If you look at the structure, the planets are rocks or large sizes. Are rocks that were scattered at the time of the formation of the solar system, most of which are composed of carbon and metallic components, but because their volume is so small, they combine to form planets. Can't fit
According to the structure and components of the planets are divided into groups S (plain rock), C (carbon compounds) and M (metals, metals), most of the planets in our solar system are found between Mars and Jupiter. This is called the 'Near Earth Ride Belt'.
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