Five asteroids will approach in the next few hours: Earth will see these objects flying in space very closely

An asteroid the size of a stadium, another approaching that of a house or the height of a building… the five new alerts from the NASA look like a good start to a disaster movie, and yet: no risk.

In the next few hours, these objects identified in recent days by the American space agency will pass not far from our planet. The luckiest among us will even be able to see them observe.

The next five approaching asteroids

In astronomer’s jargon, these asteroids are close. To us, however, the distances seem gigantic.

The first measure 290 meters and will pass 999,000 kilometers from our planet. Its name? 2024ON. The second is just as soberly named by NASA experts: 2024RY10. It is 15 meters long and will pass 1,770,278 kilometers from the blue planet.

The next one is only slightly larger, but will be 1.5 million from Earth in a few hours, and will not come any closer to us.

The fourth is larger: 150 meters long, and will be 322,000 kilometers from our planet. The last one, finally, will pass “close” from Earth, more than 600,000 kilometers away. It measures no more than twenty meters.

Will we see it?

According to our colleagues at The Independent, This celestial spectacle will be visible from Europe and Africa. To a lesser extent, it will also be possible to see it in some regions of North and South America, as well as in Asia.

So, what to watch for: a tiny bright point moving in the sky, but the probability of seeing it remains low. Note that these flying objects do not represent any risk to Earth.