An asteroid passes about two million kilometers from Earth

About two million kilometers from Earth, an asteroid that will be the largest on its approach in 2021 passes Sunday, March 21 without risk of hitting it, but this astronomical event will allow scientists to study this celestial body closely.
It is reported that this asteroid is called “2001 F or 32”, and its diameter is less than one kilometer, and it will pass at a speed of 124 thousand kilometers per hour, that is, “faster than the Most of the asteroids “which pass near the Earth, according to the American space agency” NASA “. The agency assured that the “danger” of the asteroid colliding with the planet does not exist, because at its closest point, it will remain at a distance of more than five times the distance between the Earth and the Moon . Nevertheless, it remains close enough to be classified as “potentially dangerous”, according to official categories.
This asteroid was discovered in March 2001 and its trajectory has been monitored ever since.
“Not much is known about this object at the moment, so its close passage gives us a wonderful opportunity to learn a lot,” said Lance Penner, a scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to whom the Near- Earth Objects Study Center is affiliated. . Researchers can, for example, get a better idea of ​​the composition of the asteroid by studying the light reflected from its surface.
“It is assumed that amateur astronomers in the southern hemisphere and lower northern latitudes will be able to view this asteroid using medium-sized telescopes,” center director Paul Chodas said in a statement.
And NASA has assured us that none of the large known asteroids will reach Earth in the next century, and those that haven’t been discovered are unlikely to do so. But she added: “The more information we collect about these crimes, the more we can prepare to expel them in the event that any of them threaten Earth.”