The length of the object is 248 meters. Now it will approach the planet at a dangerous 3,683,374 km.
Asteroid 2020 BC6, considered “potentially hazardous,” will fly close to Earth on Sunday, January 5, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) reports.
The length of the celestial object is 248 meters.
The distance from 2020 BC6 to Earth will be 3,683,374 km.
If an asteroid approaches Earth at a distance closer than 7.5 million km and its size exceeds 150 m, NASA considers it a “potentially hazardous object”.
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