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Once in a 6,00,000 years asteroid to come close to Earth, Nasa dubs it potentially hazardous

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Once in a 6,00,000 years asteroid to come close to Earth, Nasa dubs it potentially hazardous

A giant object will approach Earth on January 18, just days after three asteroids passed by Earth. Asteroid 7482 (1994 PC1) will pass Earth in the coming weeks as it moves in the solar system’s elliptical orbit.

At its closest point, the asteroid was 1.93 million kilometers from Earth, 5.15 times the distance between the moon and Earth. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which tracks the movement of the asteroids, said the object would travel at 70,416 kilometers per hour.

The asteroid, which is about 1 kilometer in diameter and 2.5 times the height of the Empire State Building, has been dubbed a potentially dangerous asteroid because of its size. While astronomers haven’t seen an asteroid hit Earth, experts say it’s possible that an asteroid of this size hits Earth every 600,000 years.

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According to JPL, near-Earth objects are asteroids and comets whose orbits bring them within 195 million kilometers of the sun, meaning they can cycle around Earth’s orbit. While most asteroids are classified as near-Earth objects, only a few are designated as potentially hazardous. These objects are defined as asteroids over 460 feet (140 meters) in size and whose orbits bring them close to Earth’s 7.5 million kilometers around the sun.

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Nasa’s old map of Jupiter, which reminds many of dosa, has gone viral once more

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Nasa’s old map of Jupiter, which reminds many of dosa, has gone viral once more

Certain images or videos frequently resurface on the Internet, leaving people speechless. When those clips or pictures are shared again on one social media platform or another, they create a buzz. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) created and posted this image of a map of Jupiter online a few years ago. After being shared on Twitter, the image drew a lot of attention this time. And, as usual, the image made people think of dosa, a popular South Indian dish.

The image was shared by the Twitter account Latest in Space. “From the very bottom of Jupiter, I’m looking up. While tweeting the image, they wrote, “Seen by NASA Cassini.” The images from the Cassini spacecraft’s narrow-angle camera were used to create this out-of-this-world image, which is part of a coloured map series produced by the space agency.

The article was published a few days ago. The tweet has received nearly 20,000 likes since it was shared, and the number is growing. The tweet has been retweeted more than 2,000 times. Take a look at some of the comments to see how the image of Jupiter looks like dosa.

A Twitter user commented, “Looks like a designer dosa.” “When I rush to pick up a call, this is what happens to my dosa on the dosa pan,” one joked. “This is how my mother makes Dosa,” a third said. “Jupiter in the making,” wrote a fourth, along with a photo of someone preparing – you guessed it – dosa.

 

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