NASA: A “Near Earth Object” will Pass our Planet this October

According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a NEO called the 2020 SX3 will pass the Earth at 4.4 lunar distances on Thursday morning, October 8, 2020, at around 7:16 AM EDT.

But what does NEO means? Near Earth Objects or simply called NEOs, as defined by NASA, are comets and asteroids that have been nudged by the gravitational attraction of nearby planets into orbits, thus allowing them to enter our planet’s neighborhood.

This NEO is between thirty-eight (38) and eighty-six (86) meters or one hundred and twenty-six (126) to two hundred and eighty-two (282) feet in size and will be traveling at 10.88 kilometers per second or 24,340 miles per hour.

What’s Up in the Sky this October? A Meteor Shower and a Blue Moon!

Based on the latest astronomical diary issued by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), the skies will be showing us more exciting astronomical events such as a meteor shower and a blue moon.

Check here the full details of the Meteor Shower and a Blue Moon this October!

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Source: NASA Science| Solar System Exploration, Center for Near Earth Object Studies, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory