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STEM 新闻: 小行星有记录以来最接近地球的飞越

  • Writer: Rachel
    Rachel
  • Aug 18, 2020
  • 1 min read

An asteroid passing by Earth

8月16日,小行星2020 QG在经过距离地球仅1830英里(2950公里)的地方后,成为已知离地球最近的,并在过程中没有被摧毁非撞击性小行星。作为比较,国际空间站距离地球257英里(408公里),月球距离238,900英里(384,400公里)。虽然这使得小行星的路径看起来很远,但2020 QG经过的地方离地球足够近,使得造成地球的引力轨道倾斜45度。此外,大多数被归类为近地小行星(NEAs)的小行星都会进一步经过地球和月亮。这颗小行星以每小时27,600英里(每小时44,400公里)的相对缓慢的速度行进,经过澳大利亚东部的太平洋上空。2020年QG小行星的另一个令人惊讶的地方是,它在最接近地球的6小时后才被发现。这是因为该小行星来自太阳的方向,而探测小行星的光学望远镜只能在夜空中搜索。如果这颗小行星撞上了地球,它不会大到足以造成广泛的破坏。由于它的体积太小,更有可能在大气中燃烧。


引自: Asteroid Makes the Closest Earth Flyby a Space Rock Has Ever Survived, Scientific American & An Asteroid Just Made The Closest Earth Fly-by on Record, And We Didn't See It Coming, Science Alert

照片出处: Getty Images



Translated into Mandarin by Han Yuyi


 
 
 

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