NASA is forecasting a busy weekend in space, with objects the size of buses, airplanes — and yes, even 18 walruses stacked in a row — but you needn’t change your plans.
An asteroid by the name of 2023 JK is expected to zip past Earth on Sunday, missing our planet by just a little more than a million miles.
Also passing by on Sunday, and clocking in at roughly the same size as 2023 JK, will be asteroid JD4. It’ll miss the Earth by nearly twice the distance of 2023 JK. People are also reading… Dothan News An asteroid will just miss us in 2029. Scientists are making the most of a rare opportunity JK 2023′s passing may be a close call in comparison to the other floating rocks, but you needn’t change your weekend plans. For the sake of perspective, the moon comes within 240,000 miles of Earth. On rare occasions when asteroids do visit Earth, usually not much happens.
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