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Last week, NASA had raised an alarm about our planet’s close encounter with a giant asteroid on January 18, and as we witnessed the ‘potentially hazardous’ pass by, it surely left many netizens pretty excited about the spectacle. From conversations involving references from Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence’s recently-released movie ‘Don’t Look Up’ to posting hilarious memes, the microblogging platform has been buzzing with interesting animated conversations related to the giant asteroid named 1994 WR12 by NASA.
Near-Earth #asteroid 1994 PC1 (~1 km wide) is very well known and has been studied for decades by our #PlanetaryDefense experts. Rest assured, 1994 PC1 will safely fly past our planet 1.2 million miles away next Tues., Jan. 18.
Track it yourself here: https://t.co/JMAPWiirZh pic.twitter.com/35pgUb1anq
— NASA Asteroid Watch (@AsteroidWatch) January 12, 2022
While a team of scientists and researchers at NASA have been busy calculating and predicting the trajectories of asteroids surrounding Earth for quite some time now, had stated that the asteroid doesn’t pose any threat yet but a slight deviation in its course could make us history. The statement surely gained a lot of attention and as soon as the asteroid passed Earth without causing any harm, Twitterati sprung into action with conversations related to space. Check out their reactions here:
Hope to see it! pic.twitter.com/SmeYVuaGyD
— Bryan Haboc (@23BLCH) January 13, 2022
I saw Don’t Look Up, and i know how this is going to end 😭😭 https://t.co/J3bY1NCohh pic.twitter.com/4iRIgrMm6W
— Alexis Miguel (@alexistmiguel) January 17, 2022
DON’T LOOK UP has certainly spiked the interest in general public regarding ‘potentially hazardous objects (asteroids and comets).
Asteroid 7482- An asteroid about 1 km in size will fly very close to Earth today. DON’T LOOK UP vibes all over it. @MovieLoversNP pic.twitter.com/EnKhJ4OlB9
— Vismrit (@vismritU) January 18, 2022
“That’ll keep them inside for a while” pic.twitter.com/HdnuR0j0mn
— Pastor Kyle. (@itsqail) January 17, 2022
Oh, just hit us and get it over with. #DontLookUp
— Bette_Blackwell (@BetteBlackwel15) January 17, 2022
Discovered by astronomer Robert McNaught in 1994, the asteroid (1994 WR12) had its closest encounter with Earth and according to experts, it won’t come so close to our planet for at least the next 200 years now.
According to the American space agency, asteroids bigger than 140 meters travelling as close as 4.6 million miles to the Earth’s orbit are considered dangerous, and the one that passed Earth yesterday belonged to the ‘potentially hazardous’ category.
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