Asteroid 2023 BU will fly within 3500km of Earth tomorrow 26th Jan 2023 4th closest approach

There is an important news for people interested in the events happening in space. A recently discovered asteroid is going to pass very close to the Earth tomorrow i.e. on January 26. According to the information, the name of the asteroid is ‘2023 BU’. Its size is expected to be 12 to 28 feet wide. ‘2023 BU’ was discovered by astronomer Gennady Borisov on January 21 this month. It is being told that it will come closest to the Earth on January 26 at 2:47 am Indian time. It is being said that then the distance between the two will remain only 3,506 kilometers. Isn’t it interesting?

reports According to, ‘2023 BU’ is not very big in size. Equal to a bus. What makes it interesting is its distance from the Earth. NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) believes that in the last more than 100 years and in the coming years, ‘2023 BU’ is the fourth such asteroid, which will pass so close to the Earth. CNEOS has data of 35 thousand asteroids from the year 1900 to 2200.

It is also said that ‘2023 BU’ is half the size of the Chelyabinsk meteorite that hit the Earth in 2013. If you want, you can also watch it online while passing near the Earth. Italy’s Virtual Telescope Project (VTP) on Thursday live stream Will do.

Many people will be curious as to whether an asteroid passing so close will be visible even with the naked eye? According to reports, this asteroid is very small in size and will travel fast. Because of this it will not be possible to see it with the naked eye.

NASA says space rocks shorter than 82 feet could burn up when they enter Earth’s atmosphere. That means they will cause little to no harm to the earth. This asteroid revolves around the Sun in 425 days and will next come close to the Earth on December 6, 2036.