Meteorites about the size of 3 buses are about to fly over Earth

Tonight (March 5), an asteroid the size of three double-decker buses will fly extremely close to the Earth at a distance closer to the Moon.

At 21h07 on March 5 (international time), meteorite 2014 DX110 of 30m in size will fly over Earth at a distance of less than 350,000km, equal to 0.9 distance from our planet to the Moon . Scientists say the meteorite is not capable of colliding with the Earth, people can clearly observe meteorites with a good telescope.

Meteorite 2014 DX110 of Apollo class, including orbiting meteorites that fly over Earth. There are about 240 Apollo class meteorites discovered, but scientists believe there are at least 2000 meteorites with a diameter of more than 1km flying through the Earth.

If collided with Earth, the Apollo class meteorite will create a large hole on the ground with a diameter of 10-20 times its size.

The online telescope project and the Slooh website will stream live on the network of meteorites 2014 DX110 flying over Earth. Direct transmission time is expected to start at 20:30 on March 5 (international time).

Last month, the Slooh website also streamed the 2000 EM26 meteorite that flew over Earth. The event had thousands of people waking up night to watch in the hope that a giant meteorite could be seen. But in the end it was just a small meteorite.