A monster space rock, larger than any other structure on Earth, is believed to pass through the planet today, January 18th. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 1994 PC1 stated that otherwise known as Space Rock 7482, relied on safe crossing of the Earth beyond 1,230,000 miles.
Reports suggest that Space Rock 1994 was named 'potentially dangerous' by NASA in light of its proximity as it filmed across PC1. The spacecraft has long been studied by NASA's planetary defense experts.
Near-Earth #asteroid 1994 PC1 (~1 km wide) is very well known and has been studied for decades by our #PlanetaryDefense experts. Rest assured, 1994 PC1 will safely fly past our planet 1.2 million miles away next Tues., Jan. 18.
— NASA Asteroid Watch (@AsteroidWatch) January 12, 2022
Track it yourself here: https://t.co/JMAPWiirZh pic.twitter.com/35pgUb1anq
According to the Hindustan Times, the Goliath spacecraft is about 1.6 km wide, about twice the size of Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world (828 m). Space rocks of this size can have a devastating effect on Earth.
The U.S. Space Agency classifies space rocks as being 140 meters north of the Earth, orbiting within 4.6 million miles of the Earth's orbit around the Sun.
NASA's Space Rock 1994 has been observing PC1 for a long time, and it is the closest object to Earth because it is close to 1.3 galaxies (AU), comparable to an AU 93 million miles.
After all, Space Rock 1994 PC1 will take place very close to Earth tonight at 4.51pm EST (January 19 at 3.21am). According to Earthsky, it will be very close to this Goliath space rock for at least the next 200 years.
The latest space rock to hit the planet exploded in the air eight years ago near Russia.
Later, the US space agency began the task of deliberately crashing a spacecraft into space rock as a test to prevent a large space rock from destroying life on Earth. By the fall of 2022, the rocket is expected to hit the space rock.
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