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thesouthafrican.comscience15 days agoUpdated
Asteroid 2026JH2 to Pass Earth at 90,000 km on 18 May
Asteroid 2026JH2 will pass Earth at a distance of 90,917 kilometres on 18 May at 9:38pm UTC. The object, estimated at 16 to 36 metres in diameter, has enough mass to destroy a city but poses no impact risk for at least the next century. It was discovered this week by observers at…
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news.google.comscience16 days agoDeveloping
Small Asteroid 2026JH2 to Pass 90,917 km from Earth on 18 May
The newly discovered asteroid will make one of the closest known approaches in the next year, passing at 9:38pm UTC. At 16 to 36 metres wide and travelling 9.17 kilometres per second, it poses no impact risk but would cause significant damage if it struck.