Four new asteroids hit Earth this weekend

Earlier yesterday, NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) reported two asteroids flying relatively close to Earth, but thankfully no disruption of life was actually observed. Now, more observations made by NASA's CNEOS say that yesterday, On March 21 and Sunday, March 22, a total of four asteroids will go to Earth, and are projected to fly closer. While the farthest of the four would be 3.05 million kilometers away from Earth, the closest Earth would go to Earth at a distance of 7,13,000 kilometers, which is not really far from space.

The four asteroids in question have been named 2020 FK, 2020 FS, 2020 DP4 and 2020 FF1 by CNEOS. 

The 2020 FK asteroid is the smallest of the four, measuring just 43 feet. It is currently hurting through space at 

a speed of 37,000 kmph, and will reach Earth from a distance of 1.36 million kilometers. The second of the 

asteroids, 2020 FS, is also much smaller, with a diameter of 56 feet. It is traveling at a speed of 15,000 km per

 hour, and will make the farthest approach to Earth between a band of asteroids at a distance of 3.05 kilometers.

 These two asteroids will reach Earth on Saturday, March 21 - 2020 FK will fly from our planet at 9:35 am IST, 

while 2020 FS will flash past at 8:59 PM IST.

On Sunday, 2020 DP4 will make its attitude towards us. It is the largest of the 
bunch, and 180 feet in diameter, large enough to hold back about 12 limousines. 
However, there should not be any major cause for concern, as it will travel at a
speed of 29,000 km per hour despite our planet flying 1.35 million kilometers in 
length. The 2020 FF1, on the other hand, is the second smallest of the bunch at
48 feet. Incidentally, it is traveling the fastest, near 47,000 kmph, and is
closest to Earth at a distance of about 7,13,000 km. In Indian time, both these
 asteroids will fly on Monday in early March 23 - 2020 DP4 will fly in front of 
us at 12:04 AM on March 23, 2020 FF1 which will run past at 3:39 AM.

Asteroid fly-bys are nothing new - in fact, they occur very regularly. However, 
the threat of an asteroid colliding with Earth cannot be completely ruled out, 
which is in space to warn us against NASA's CNEOS. It is a continuous monitoring
 that inspects any near-Earth objects, and calculates their speed, mass, and
 trajectory to determine the level of danger and warns us accordingly. While
 small asteroids are not considered much of a threat because they will 
disintegrate most of the Earth's atmosphere, large space rocks are ones that we
 continue to see intensely.