It all starts with a curiosity; How big is the asteroid?

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It all starts with a curiosity; How big is the asteroid?



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When talking about asteroids, we usually use known objects or things, for those that are small we talk about the size of a suitcase, a closet, a car, if a bus is a little bigger, if an aircraft carrier is bigger, soccer stadiums, etc., but I had never seen “Gorillas” used to measure an asteroid, but I could have put 12 gorillas and a chimpanzee, I don't know.


The headline is from Jerusalem Post "an asteroid the size of 12 and a half gorillas will pass near Earth on Wednesday", this has been published in the Israeli media Jerusalem Post that uses gorillas to measure the asteroid, is this serious, is it real? Is there really an asteroid that is going to pass near us? Yes, What the news says is real, it is the asteroid called 2025 KF, if it is called 2025 it is because it was discovered this same year, it is small, it is up to 23 meters above and below, or in diameter.


It is going to pass about 115,125 km from us, it is a more than safe pass, but it is a third of the distance that separates us from the Moon, which is 340,000 km, I hope radar images are taken because in meters it is about 23 meters in diameter more or less, so as not to continue with the measurements in gorillas.




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