Massive Asteroid 2002 JX8 to fly the earth on May 9, live stream is available for public inspection

A massive asteroid that is almost as large as a stadium will surely pass the earth on May 9, and space enthusiasts can follow his trip in real time. The object, Asteroid 612356 (2002 JX8), measures a diameter of 950 feet (290 meters) and, according to NASA, is not a threat. The Virtual Telescope project sends the Asteroid Flyby on the YouTube channel from 4:30 p.m. Edt (8:30 p.m. GMT). The asteroid is expected to come closest at 11:02 GMT. The stream will also show Asteroid Vesta, which remains visible after reaching the opposition on May 2.

The Asteroid 2002 JX8 Safe Flyby offers Stargazers a rare heavenly event

According to a recent contribution by Gianluca Masi, founder of the virtual telescopic project, the earth will come as close as a million kilometers (2.6 million miles) – the 10.9 -fold the average distance between earth and the moon. The project offers free online observation options in which exciting heavenly phenomena, for example asteroids that change against the background of stars, can be made aware of the public.

NASA had previously referred to JX8 as a potentially dangerous asteroid (PHA) due to its size and proximity during Pass-Buys, but has assured that no concern is currently required. The PHA designation applies to all asteroids that are larger than 140 meters that are forgiven at a relatively close distance on the earth, less than 0.05 average or about 4.6 million miles.

The persecution of close earth objects also predicts no influence of a similarly large asteroid for at least another century. NASA estimates that an asteroid with a diameter of 140 meters can occur every 20,000 years and one with a diameter of 1,000 meters every 700,000 years.

The event is a great opportunity for visitors, objects such as planets or star clusters to examine with telescopes or binoculars and refer to leaders to see the night sky.