An asteroid known as 2023 BU will make a very close approach to our planet though.
Over the past 48 hours, several apocalyptic claims have been doing the rounds, suggesting that a giant asteroid is to strike the Earth this week. Do these claims have any basis in fact?
The tweets and articles are referring to an asteroid known as 2023 BU that is set for an"extremely close" encounter with Earth on Thursday, according to astronomer Gianluca Masi with theStock image: Artist's illustration of an asteroid flying past Earth. The asteroid known as 2023 BU is set for an “extremely close” encounter with Earth on Thursday.The space rock was only discovered this past Saturday by astronomer Gennadiy Borisov at the MARGO Observatory in Crimea.
Even though the asteroid is not on a collision course with our planet, it will still make a very close approach.
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