Every so often the people followers of the astronomical phenomena They have the opportunity to look at the sky to delight in a spectacle rarely seen.
Precisely this weekend, and specifically on Saturday, will be a new opportunity for that with which step of a gigantic asteroid that would “graze” the Earth.
This is the space rock called 2024 MK, which was recently detected and would approach the planet remarkably. So even could be seen with binoculars or a decent telescope.
Everything would happen this June 29th in the early morning and the chances do not deprive South America, including Chile, from joining the event.
Pointing to experts, Jorge Ianiszewki, from the Astronomical Circle center, specified (via Lun) that the position in the sky will be Right ascension: 15h 57 m 18.0s, declination: -45° 58′ 49.1. in the constellation Normanear the star Alpha Centauri.
“The object will move quickly, so you have to have some skill to detect it”said Juan Luis Cano, member of the Planetary Defense Office of the European Space Agency, according to The New York Times.
In detail, it is the second recent similar event after the (415029) 2011 UL21 became visible on Thursday with its approximate dimensions of 2,316 meters, larger than what was expected on the aforementioned day.
Of course, the new thing would happen close to the Earth at 75% of the distance from the Moon And although it might sound scary at first, the truth is that It has zero chance of actually impacting the surface or affecting human life in any way.
