The next few weeks, astronomy enthusiasts can watch the trajectory of the asteroid Pallas, which will pass close to the earth, according to NASA.
The asteroid Pallas, one of the four large asteroids in our solar system, will be visible through a telescope, and binoculars in February and March. It could be seen from both hemispheres of the Earth, appearing in the east crossing the night sky.
The position of Pallas
Pallas, called 2 Pallas, is the second largest asteroid in our solar system. The largest is Ceres, with a diameter of 952 km. Pallas has a diameter of about 544 km, followed by Vesta (525 km) and Hygiea (430 km).
Called “the four largest asteroids”, these asteroids have a size as the size of a small planets. In comparison, the Moon has a diameter of 3,475 km.
Comparasion size between the asteroids
Pallas was first observed in 1802 by the astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers, which he considered Pallas to be a planet but after that it was being reclassified.
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