to see if you can spot it. richard galpin, bbc news. i ve been speaking to dr ashley king who is a planetary scientist with the natural history museum. he explained how far the asteroid is and what this pass by will mean for us and researchers like him. we shouldn t be worried. it is definitely not going to hit us. but it is close. so, dizzy, the asteroid you mentioned that was discovered about a month ago, is going to pass just under 200,000 kilometres from the earth, about halfway to the moon. it will be nearby, but it is definitely not going to hit us. this asteroid was definitely not going to hit us. this asteroid was discovered around a month ago, is this normal, do we often find out about a month in advance that an asteroid is quite close to us? advance that an asteroid is quite close to us? .,, ., , ., close to us? so, most asteroids are relatively small, close to us? so, most asteroids are relatively small, and close to us? so, most asteroids are relatively small, and th
between the orbits of the earth and the moon this weekend luckily for us, missing both. the object, named 2023 dz2 or, more simply, dizzy was discovered a month ago. although asteroid flybys are common, nasa says that given its proximity and size, it is a one in a decade encounter. but the asteroid will be visible through binoculars and small telescopes across the globe from 68,000 kilometres away. let s go live now to liverpool, where we can speak to dr ashley king. he s a planetary scientist with the natural history museum. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. can you put this into context now? how far away is this asteroid from the earth? and should we be worried? ., ., , ., , worried? no, no, we shouldn t be worried. this worried? no, no, we shouldn t be worried. this is worried? no, no, we shouldn t be worried. this is definitely - worried? no, no, we shouldn t be worried. this is definitely not - worried. this is definitely not going to hit us, but it is close. dizzy,
deemed unfit for office. we are seeing those life pictures of those rallies, the mass rallies taking place in tel aviv. travelling at 17,000 miles an hour, a massive asteroid dubbed the city killer , because of its size, is passing between the earth and the moon this weekend. experts say the asteroid will pass by safely and can be seen through binoculars and telescopes. i ve been speaking to dr ashley king who is a planetary scientist with the natural history museum. he explained how far the asteroid is and what this pass by will mean for us and researchers like him. we shouldn t be worried. it is definitely not going to hit us. but it is close. so, dizzy, the asteroid you mentioned that was discovered about a month ago, is going to pass just under 200,000 kilometres from the earth, about halfway to the moon. it will be nearby, but it is definitely not going to hit us.
travelling at 17,000 miles an hour, a massive asteroid dubbed the city killer , because of its size, is passing between the earth and the moon this weekend. experts say the asteroid will pass by safely and can be seen through binoculars and telescopes. i ve been speaking to dr ashley king who is a planetary scientist with the natural history museum. he explained how far the asteroid is away from us, and what this pass by will mean for us and researchers like him. we shouldn t be worried. it is definitely not going to hit us. but it is close. so, dizzy, the asteroid you mentioned that was discovered about a month ago, is going to pass just under 200,000 kilometres from the earth, about halfway to the moon. it will be nearby, but it is definitely not going to hit us.
i ve been speaking to dr ashley king who is a planetary scientist with the natural history museum. he explained how far the asteroid is and what this pass by will mean for us and researchers like him. we shouldn t be worried. it is definitely not going to hit us. but it is close. so, dizzy, the asteroid you mentioned that was discovered about a month ago, is going to pass just under 200,000 kilometres from the earth, about halfway to the moon. it will be nearby, but it is definitely not going to hit us. this asteroid was discovered around a month ago, is this normal, do we often find out about a month in advance that an asteroid is quite close to us? so, most asteroids are relatively small, and they tend to be very dark. they are actually quite difficult for us to detect. the big ones, we know where they are. the smaller ones, it is only when they get closer to us that we can spot them.