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Skyscraper-sized asteroid set to zoom past Earth

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Skyscraper-sized asteroid set to zoom past Earth

An asteroid the size of a skyscraper will pass Earth on January 11 at a distance of 3,480,000 miles. The asteroid, dubbed Asteroid 2013 YD48 by NASA, is bigger than Big Ben. NASA classifies the asteroid as a “potentially hazardous object” because of its size and relative distance from Earth when it was photographed.

Although it will be very far from Earth, if any asteroid or comet is less than 1.3 AU from Earth and the sun, it classifies it as a near-Earth object (NEO). One au is equivalent to 93 million miles. An asteroid of this size could be devastating if it hit Earth, but 2013 YD48 isn’t too close to cause any concern.

The last time an asteroid hit Earth was in Russia eight years ago, when it exploded in the atmosphere.

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NASA launches first mission to kick asteroid out of orbit

NASA recently launched a mission to deliberately crash a spacecraft into an asteroid as a test run to stop a massive space rock from wiping out life on Earth. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) was launched on a SpaceX rocket on November 24, 2021, at 10:21 p.m. PT from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The mission’s goal is to eject “asteroid” Dimorphos feet wide around point 525, orbiting a larger asteroid, called Didymos, that has deviated from its orbit. The spacecraft is expected to hit the asteroid in the fall of 2022, when the binary asteroid system is 11 million kilometers from Earth, almost the closest point the pair has reached.

“What we’re trying to learn is how to deflect the threat,” NASA’s top scientist Thomas Zuberchen said before the launch.

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Day 6 box office receipts for Game Changer: Ram Charan’s film takes another hit, earning over ₹110 crore

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Day 6 box office receipts for Game Changer: Ram Charan’s film takes another hit, earning over ₹110 crore

Game Changer box office collection day 6: Ram Charan and Kiara Advani-starrer released in theatres on January 10.
Game Changer box office collection: Ram Charan, Kiara Advani-Game Changer is one the first big releases of this year, and came with huge audience expectations. However the film opened to mixed reviews and has performed decently at the box office. As per the latest version of Sacnilk.com, Game Changer has minted ₹6.11 crore in its sixth day of release. Game Changer is directed by Shankar.

Game Changer box office collection

The report states that Game Changer has now crossed the ₹110 crore mark at the box office. It minted ₹5.55 crore on its first Wednesday, which is the lowest for the film so far. The film had seen a slight growth on its fifth day of release, with ₹10 crore net. The overall collections now stand at ₹112.26 crore.

Game Changer minted ₹51 crore on its opening day, and saw a dip in collections on its second day with ₹21.6 crore. Day three collections were at ₹15.9 crore whereas day four net was ₹7.65 crore. The film saw a sharp decline in its weekdays and is yet to recover. Game Changer is facing stiff competition from a number of releases, which includes Nandamuri Balakrisha’s Daaku Maharaj, Unni Mukundan’s Marco and Allu Arjun’s Pushpa 2: The Rule.

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Amid box office concerns for the film, a pirated version of Game Changer was allegedly aired on a local TV channel and shown in buses. Screenshots of the same surfaced on X, which caught the attention of producer Sreenivas Kumar. He took to his X account to demand strict action on it.

A few days ago, the makers of the film had filed a complaint against individuals for allegedly leaking a pirated version of the film online. The complaint also states that before the film’s release, the producers and a few team members were threatened through social media and messaging platforms like WhatsApp, wherein the same alleged pirates demanded money from producers and threatened to leak the pirated version if their demands were not fulfilled.

Game Changer is directed by Shankar and stars Ram Charan, Kiara Advani, and SJ Suryah. The film has also been released in Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam.

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