Sayyoramiz yonidan Tungus meteoriti o‘lchamidek keladigan asteroid uchib o‘tdi

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15 aprelda sayyoramizga yaqin masofadan yirik asteroid uchib o‘tgani ma'lum qilindi. Bu haqda Space.com xabar berdi.

O‘lchami 48 metrdan 110 metrgacha keladigan samo jismi 2018 GE3 kabi belgilangan va u Yerdan 192 ming km uzoqlikda uchib o‘tgan. Bu masofa Yerdan Oygacha bo‘lgan masofaning taxminan yarmiga teng.

Ushbu asteroid 2013 yil fevralda Chelyabinsk yaqinida tushgan meteoritdan bir necha marta katta va 1908 yilda sayyoramizga tushgan Tungus meteoriti o‘lchamidek keladi.

Samo jismining qo‘qqisdan paydo bo‘lishi olimlarni esankiratib qo‘ygan: ular uni sayyoramiz bilan maksimal yaqinlashishidan bor-yo‘g‘i 21 soat oldin aniqlay olishgan.

Asteroid 2018 GE3 flew past us today, half the distance to the Moon. Around 50-100 m in diameter, it was several times the 2013 Chelyabinsk meteor, around the size of the 1908 Tunguska event ~ easily enough to destroy a city. We had less than a day's warning. (📷 Michael Jäger) pic.twitter.com/kElrxBiUoB
— Andrew Rader (@marsrader) April 16, 2018