Current:Home > Invest5 asteroids passing by Earth this week, 3 the size of planes, NASA says -Horizon Finance Path
5 asteroids passing by Earth this week, 3 the size of planes, NASA says
View
Date:2025-04-18 08:06:57
Five asteroids will fly past Earth beginning Wednesday, but aren't expected to serve as a threat to the planet, NASA said.
Between Sept. 6 and Sept. 12, one asteroid the size of a house, three the size of a plane and one asteroid the size of a bus will make way near Earth, according to NASA's Asteroid Watch dashboard.
The asteroid named JA5 will fly within 3.17 million miles from Earth on Wednesday, NASA said. JA5, the house-sized asteroid first discovered in 2021 is approximately 59 feet.
MORE: Mark Meadows, all remaining defendants plead not guilty in Georgia election case
On Sept. 8, two asteroids, QC5 and GE, will whizz within 2.53 million and 3.56 million miles, respectively, of the planet. QC5 is around 84 feet and the size of a plane and was discovered this year, while GE is the size of a bus at 26 feet and was detected in 2022, according to NASA Asteroid Watch data.
The two other airplane-sized asteroids are expected to fly past Earth on Sept. 10, according to NASA. Asteroid QF6 is passing within 1.65 million miles of the planet and is 68 feet in size and QE8 is passing within 945,000 miles of Earth and is 170 feet, according to NASA. Both asteroids were discovered this year.
The average distance between Earth and the moon is around 239,000 miles, according to NASA.
The asteroids do not pose a threat to Earth, despite traveling within 4.6 million miles of the planet because none of them are over 150 meters, or 492 feet, according to NASA.
NASA did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment.
An asteroid between 140 and 310 feet in size safely passed by Earth in March, according to NASA Asteroid Watch. An asteroid of this size only goes by Earth about once every decade, the agency said.
NASA has discovered more than 32,000 asteroids near Earth as of Aug. 31. The space agency has discovered 853 asteroids larger than 1 kilometer, or 0.62 miles, and 10,541 asteroids larger than 140 meters, or 459 feet.
MORE: NASA planetary defense mission successfully disrupted asteroid's orbit
Three asteroids have passed closer to Earth than the moon, in the last 30 days. In the last 365 days, 10 asteroids passed closer to Earth than the moon, according to NASA.
The Asteroid Watch dashboard monitors comets and asteroids that make "relatively close approaches to Earth," NASA said.
ABC News' Emily Shapiro contributed to this report.
veryGood! (39)
Related
- Finally, good retirement news! Southwest pilots' plan is a bright spot, experts say
- AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
- Indonesia’s youth clean up trash from waterways, but more permanent solutions are still elusive
- Bobsled, luge for 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics could be held in... Lake Placid, New York?
- What to watch: O Jolie night
- NTSB holds forum on pilots' mental health, chair says the existing rules are arcane
- Demi Lovato Shares the Real Story Behind Her Special Relationship With Boyfriend Jutes
- A rocket attack targets the US embassy in Baghdad, causing minor damage but no casualties
- Why we love Bear Pond Books, a ski town bookstore with a French bulldog 'Staff Pup'
- John Lennon was killed 43 years ago today: Who killed him and why did they do it?
Ranking
- What do we know about the mysterious drones reported flying over New Jersey?
- Live updates | Palestinians live in dire human conditions in Gaza despite Israel’s safe zone
- 'Anselm' documentary is a thrilling portrait of an artist at work
- Medicare open enrollment ends today. Ignoring the deadline could cost you
- Whoopi Goldberg is delightfully vile as Miss Hannigan in ‘Annie’ stage return
- 'I saw the blip': Radar operator's Pearl Harbor warning was ignored
- Woman who threw food at Chipotle worker sentenced to work in fast food for 2 months
- Kremlin foe Navalny’s lawyers to remain in detention at least through mid-March, Russian court rules
Recommendation
Dick Vitale announces he is cancer free: 'Santa Claus came early'
McDonald's plans to open roughly 10,000 new locations, with 50,000 worldwide by 2027
Hundreds of New Jersey police officers attended training conference that glorified violence, state comptroller's office says
San Diego police officer and suspect shot in supermarket parking lot during investigation
Angelina Jolie nearly fainted making Maria Callas movie: 'My body wasn’t strong enough'
That's not actually Dua Lipa's phone number: Singer is latest celeb to join Community
How Ukraine's tech experts joined forces with the government despite differences
Army secretary fires top prosecutor over 2013 email questioning sexual assault claims