帝国大厦大小的小行星，“预计”将与地球擦肩而过

帝国大厦大小的小行星，“预计”将与地球擦肩而过

A “potentially hazardous” asteroid the size of the Empire State Building will come within striking distance of the Earth on Aug. 10 — but is expected to zoom by without incident, according to NASA.

据美国宇航局称，8月10日，一颗帝国大厦大小的“潜在危险”小行星将接近地球，并与地球保持一定距离，但预计它将会与地球擦肩而过，不会发生任何事故。

The space rock — designated as a near-Earth object, because its orbit takes it within 30 million miles of Earth — is expected come within about 4.55 million miles of the planet as it whizzes by us at 10,400 mph.

这块太空岩石被称为近地天体，因为它的轨道距离地球不到3000万英里，当它以每小时10400英里的速度从我们身边疾驰而过时，预计距离地球大约455万英里。

Anything that gets closer than 0.05 “astronomical units” — roughly 4.65 million miles — is considered “potentially hazardous.”

任何接近0.05“天文单位”(约465万英里)的物体都被认为是“潜在危险”。

The asteroid, dubbed 2006 QQ23, is 1,870 feet in diameter — some 36 stories larger than the 1,454-foot-tall Empire State Building.

这颗小行星被命名为2006 QQ23，直径1870英尺，比1454英尺高的帝国大厦大36层。

It hasn’t gotten this close to our terrestrial home since 2001, when it came within 3.13 million miles, according to data from NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies

据美国国家航空航天局近地天体研究中心的数据，自2001年以来，它从未如此接近我们的地球家园，当时距离地球不到313万英里。

2006 QQ23’s next near-Earth appearance is expected on Feb. 15, 2022, but it won’t come nearly as close, data shows.

数据显示，QQ23下一次近地探测预计将在2022年2月15日，但它不会接近地球。