Asteroid size of 2 football fields to whisk past Earth. Date, time, how to watch

An asteroid, which's size is akin to two football fields, is all set to hurtle past the Earth this month. The 720 feet wide asteroid will visible from northern hemisphere. The asteroid is named "2024 ON".

Enthusiasts will be able to catch a glimpse of the huge object from 2.30 pm (ET) on September 15, as per a report on Fox Weather.

Even though the asteroid will be visible, it will 620,000 miles away from the earth. Asteroid getting so close to earth takes place in a decade on an average, as per the report.


Meanwhile, in a discovery, an asteroid an estimated 6-9 miles (10-15 km) wide slammed into Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula 66 million years ago, triggering a global cataclysm that eradicated about three-quarters of the world's species and ended the age of dinosaurs.

The impact pulverized the asteroid and spread its debris worldwide, still present in a global layer of clay deposited in the aftermath of that fateful day. A new analysis of this debris has resolved a long debate about the nature of the asteroid, showing that it was a type that originated beyond Jupiter in the outer solar system.

The impactor, based on the debris composition, was a carbonaceous asteroid, or C-type, so named because of a high concentration of carbon. The study ruled out that the impactor was a comet or that the debris layer had been laid down by volcanism, as some had hypothesized.

FAQs

Q1. What is the name of upcoming asteroid?
A1. the name of upcoming asteroid is "2024 ON".

Q2. When will upcoming asteroid pass by Earth?
A2. Even though the asteroid will be visible, it will 620,000 miles away from the earth.