NASA has released images of the two asteroids that sailed close to Earth last month that are classed as 'potentially hazardous.'
Scientists fret about the possibility of an asteroid hitting Earth with catastrophic consequences, just ask the dinosaurs.
NASA used a 230-foot-wide radar system in California to transmit radio waves at the asteroids and received the reflected signals to the same antenna. This mind-blowing technology was able to create an image of what the asteroids look like.The 2024 MK asteroid passed Earth at a distance of 184,000 miles. That’s less than the distance between the Moon and Earth .
As it passed Earth, the gravitational pull reduced its three-year orbit around the Sun by about 24 days. Calculations of its future travel predict that 2024 MK will not collide with Earth. NASA’s radio wave imaging determines that UL21 is roughly spherical and that it has a tiny moon orbiting it from a distance of about 1.9 miles .
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