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Cutting it Close: NASA just detected two asteroids headed towards the Earth… with two more right behind By Desert Star Staff NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) is currently monitoring a miniature swarm of four asteroids currently heading towards Earth, two of which were only detected on January 1. CNEOS is tasked with watching the skies for any potentially hazardous asteroids,
but given the vastness of space, that’s a lot of sky to check which may explain why two of the four asteroids were only spotted yesterday. 2020 AC, with a diameter of roughly 89 feet and traveling at approximately 13,000 miles per hour, will lead the charge, flying past the Earth at 1:56 am EST. It will be followed soon after
By Desert Star Staff The new year is the perfect time to hit the reset button and get a fresh start. Here are six resolution ideas, plus tools and strategies for accomplishing each: • Read More: Want to read more but never seem to have an opportunity to curl up with a good book? Downloading audiobooks and listening to them during commutes and workouts can be the perfect way to “read” when you don’t have dedicated time in your day. • Get Fit: Working out more is one of the most common New Year’s resolutions people make. To get this one to stick, consider tools that will make reaching your goals more fun.
The latest additions to the G-SHOCK Women’s lineup of sports watches are a good example of how wearable tech can support fitness goals. The GMAB800 Pro Trainer Watch connects to a phone app, which provides access to a number of health and fitness functions, including a three-axis accelerometer that keeps track of step counts, a timer that lets you create up to 20 combinations of five timers each, memory for up to 200 lap records and more. • Control Spending: It’s all too easy to spend more than one has or should in any given day, week or month. Use digital apps to create a budget and stick to it. Find
by the 72-foot-wide 2020AD, which is traveling at a blistering 35,000 miles per hour, and will buzz the earth at 4:12 am EST. 2019 YH2, the largest in the group, measuring an estimated 459 feet in diameter and traveling at 32,000 miles per hour, is expected to pass by at 4:36 am EST. Bringing up the rear will be 2019 AE3, measuring roughly
72 feet and traveling at over 18,000 miles per hour, will fly past us at 9:08 am EST. 2020 AD and 2019 YH2 are classified as Apollo asteroids, with very wide orbits, while 2020 AC and 2019 AE3 are Aten asteroids, meaning their semi-major axis is smaller than Earth’s. 2020 AD will come the closest to us, passing at a
6 Ideas for a New You in the New Year
distance of just 556,000 miles (for reference, the moon is 238,855 miles away). 2019 YH2, on the other hand, will pass us at a distance of about 1.8 million miles. So thankfully 2020 won’t be kicking off with that big of a bang, but there is still cause for concern that we don’t know when the next asteroid might be coming right for us.