Nasa warns Giant Asteroid 2023 DZ2 To Fly Close To Earth Today Has Potential To Destroy a City

Asteroids or meteorites are such celestial bodies in our space about which we still know very little. Scientists are continuously studying them. These meteorites are also called minor planets, which continuously revolve around the Sun. Many times they come close to the Earth while rotating in their orbit. For the past several months, asteroids have been continuously passing close to the Earth. According to space agencies, meteorites or asteroids moving in space are a threat looming around the Earth. Space agency NASA has again released information about a large asteroid coming close to the Earth.

NASA has released information about a large asteroid passing close to the Earth. It is going to pass closest to the Earth today. Its size is said to be quite large due to which it has also been called dangerous. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (According to Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), NASA has named it 2023 DZ2. Today i.e. on Saturday, this meteorite will pass closest to the Earth at a distance of 175000 kilometers. NASA has said that the incident of the asteroid passing so close is a unique one. It occurs once in a decade, so it can also be considered an opportunity for scientists to study asteroids.

The team of the agency monitoring the asteroid has given information about this by tweeting. In which it is said that this is the best opportunity to study 2023 DZ2. This meteorite was first observed in February 2023 by La Palma Observatory located in the Canary Islands. Its size is said to be 144 to 325 feet in diameter. That means it is approximately 44 to 99 meters in size, which is considered a very big size.

Although, the probability of asteroid hitting the Earth is said to be very less, but if we assume that 2023 DZ2 hits the Earth for some reason, then how much damage can it cause to the Earth. In response to this question, the Live Science report says that it can harm a large part of the earth. In 2013, a meteorite named Chelyabinsk exploded in the sky in Russia, causing damage to 7 thousand buildings. More than 1400 people were injured in this. This asteroid was 59 feet in size. Whereas 2023 DZ2, which will pass near the Earth today, is three times the size of that asteroid. That means you can imagine the damage caused by this.