Asteroids 2021 near the earth: 1,600-meter giant!

Asteroids 2021 near the earth: 1,600-meter giant! Is the end of the world looming in the New Year? Again and again, huge boulders approach the earth. In 2021, NASA has already listed more than 100 for the new year that will come dangerously close to the earth. One is a real giant.

Gigantic rocks approach the earth almost every day. NASA has already listed more than 100 asteroids for the year 2021. While most of them only reach a diameter of a few meters, some could cause enormous damage in a collision. One of them: asteroid 163899 (2003 SD220). Fortunately, they all fly past the earth.

Monster asteroid 163899 (2003 SD220) on December 17, 2021, near-earth
On December 17th, 2020 the asteroid 163899 (2003 SD220) will reach its nearest point on earth at exactly 7:26 p.m. Then only 5.4 million kilometres separate us. Sounds like a huge distance, but space experts should take such distances with caution. If the asteroid changes its trajectory and embarks on a collision course with the earth, massive damage threatens.

The asteroid is estimated to get a diameter of 700 to 1,600 meters. With that, he could already erase an entire city from the map. According to current calculations, the earth is safe.

The largest asteroids near Earth in 2021 can be found here at a glance: