Near-Earth Asteroids Today: Potentially Dangerous! THESE asteroids are approaching Earth
Today 13 asteroids reach the closest point in their orbit, 1 of which is potentially dangerous! An overview of the largest asteroids near Earth on April 11, 2022.
Which asteroids are near Earth today?
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NASA is currently aware of over 1.1 million asteroids in the solar system. Thousands more are discovered every month. Special attention is paid to the so-called near-Earth asteroids, which do not move around the sun like most asteroids in the asteroid belt, but come close to the Earth’s orbit and can therefore also be dangerous to our home planet. In this article, we give you an overview of all the near-Earth asteroids that have reached the closest point in their orbit today.
On Monday, April 11, 2022, a total of 13 asteroids will reach their closest station during the day, including 1 potentially more dangerous asteroid.
The largest near-Earth asteroids today
“395207 (2010 HQ80)” With an estimated diameter of 311 to 695 meters, it is currently the largest asteroid near Earth. “395207 (2010 HQ80)” makes its closest approach to Earth at 07:04 today. The second largest near-Earth asteroid is “(2006 UR216)” and has an estimated diameter of 272 to 608 meters. “(2021 GK4)” today ranks 3rd among the largest near-Earth asteroids (66 m – 147 m).
This asteroid is coming particularly close to Earth today
The closest thing to Earth today is the asteroid “(2022 GG3)”. It approaches our planet at 04:55 a.m. at a distance of up to 0.6 million km.
The asteroid that has come closest to us so far without impacting Earth was “(2020 QG)”. On August 16, 2020, it flew past Earth at a speed of around 44,000 km/h, just 3,000 km away. Coming from the direction of the sun, experts didn’t see it coming: it was only spotted 6 hours after its flyby. It would probably not have caused much damage on Earth even if it had collided. Because of its small size, only 3 to 6 m in diameter, it is assumed that it would have burned up in the atmosphere if it had come closer.
Potentially dangerous asteroids near Earth today
Potentially dangerous asteroids are those asteroids that are closer to Earth than 0.05 AU (approx. 7.5 million km) and have an absolute brightness of 22 mag or less. They are therefore considered large enough (at least around 140 m in diameter) to cause considerable damage in the event of an impact. About 20 percent of near-Earth asteroids are classified as potentially dangerous.
Today there is 1 potentially dangerous asteroid near Earth: “395207 (2010 HQ80)”.
395207 (2010 HQ80)
First observation: 04/25/2010
Last observation: 03/29/2022
Absolute magnitude: 19.66 mag (faint)
Estimated diameter: 311 m to 695 m
Distance: 50.9 million km
Speed: 98740.73 km/h (27.43 km/s)
Time of the shortest distance to earth: on 04/11/2022 at 07:04 a.m
11 Earth orbit cruisers near Earth
Asteroids that cross the orbit of the earth are also called orbit cruisers. Near-Earth type asteroids Apollo cross Earth’s orbit from outside, near-Earth type asteroids Aten cross the earth’s orbit from within. Today a total of 11 Earth orbit cruisers are approaching our planet.
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Apollo asteroids near Earth today: “395207 (2010 HQ80)”, “(2006 UR216)”, “(2012 UX136)”, “(2013 GK69)”, “(2014 JR25)”, “(2020 VB3)”, ” (2021 GC)”, “(2021 NQ8)”, “(2022 GG3)”
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Near Earth Aten asteroids today: “(2021 GK4)”, “(2021 RU7)”
Amor and Atira type asteroids do not cross Earth’s orbit. While the hard-to-discover Atira-Asteroids move completely within Earth’s orbit, approaching type asteroids cupid the earth’s orbit from the outside.
- near-Earth Amor asteroids today: “(2010 LF14)”, “(2022 FW3)”
All near-Earth asteroids today at a glance
| Surname | distance | size | speed | Type | Appointment close to earth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (2022 GG3) | 0.6 million km | 4-10m | 41016km/h | Apollo | 04/11/2022 at 04:55 am |
| (2020 VB3) | 15.7 million km | 3 – 7 m | 12464km/h | Apollo | 04/11/2022 at 10:51 am |
| (2006 UR216) | 21.1 million km | 272 – 608 m | 47577km/h | Apollo | 4/11/2022 at 9:46 am |
| (2014 JR25) | 21.8 million km | 58 – 130 m | 44825km/h | Apollo | 04/11/2022 at 2:56 p.m |
| (2013 GK69) | 25.3 million km | 46 – 103 m | 51785km/h | Apollo | 4/11/2022 at 4:41 am |
| (2022 FW3) | 25.8 million km | 23 – 52 m | 8063km/h | cupid | April 11, 2022 at 9:50 p.m |
| (2012 UX136) | 34.2 million km | 20 – 45 m | 41401km/h | Apollo | 04/11/2022 at 06:21 |
| 395207 (2010 HQ80) | 50.9 million km | 311 – 695 m | 98741km/h | Apollo | 04/11/2022 at 07:04 |
| (2021 GK4) | 53.9 million km | 66 – 147 m | 92019km/h | Aten | April 11, 2022 at 10:45 p.m |
| (2021 RU7) | 54.2 million km | 54 – 120 m | 48052km/h | Aten | 4/11/2022 at 4:26 p.m |
| (2021 GC) | 55.5 million km | 33 – 73 m | 72763km/h | Apollo | 04/11/2022 at 11:55 am |
| (2010 LF14) | 73.1 million km | 48 – 108 m | 65143km/h | cupid | 04/11/2022 at 2:47 p.m |
| (2021 NQ8) | 74.8 million km | 31 – 69 m | 34172km/h | Apollo | 04/11/2022 at 10:24 am |
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